While the real culprit is the drunk and disorderly pax our government will react in its predictable illogical, misguided way, defying all rational explanations.
More restrictions will be placed on general aviation, such as tighter restrictions or complete barring from class B or from airports served by the airlines.
Further restrictions on part 91 operators into and out of some of the crucial business centers in this country, not to mention the absolute bizarre restrictions on part 91 international travels.
AOPA has now joined the ranks of those calling for more regulations. A total reversal to its pre 9/11 stance and is demanding that congress pass new laws that will affect private aviation from one end of the spectrum to the other.
Our government has NEVER acted in a rational manor when it comes to passing new laws, why sound we believe they will start now?
Just look at the Airline security bill that federalized all baggage screeners and set newer higher hiring standards only to have congress say after it was passed and signed into law, that it would ease the hiring standards back to pre 9/11 levels and would retain all of the existing handlers!!!
Everything changes and nothing changes…
Watch as private aviation, from the lowly ultralite sitting in some farmers barn to the privately owned and operated G-V of some rock star is regulated into oblivion while AOPA sits on the sidelines and takes claim for saving G/A…
Phil Boyer has no idea who he is laying down in bed with…
Congress is nothing more than a pit of self serving vipers who’s only goal, is to maintain the course of finding ways to have their sorry a$$es reelected.
This sickens me to no end. The government keeps bewailing the mantra we cannot let the terrorist win!
But it appears to me, that with the passing of every new law and the penning of each new regulation aimed at the aviation community it is indeed the terrorist who are winning.
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