I0540 said....
I don't see any logic in this because no terrorist is going to declare his intentions! The only possible explanation is that (a) "dodgy people" are not aware their activities are known and (b) they travel under their real identities (always the easiest way) and this makes it easy to track them.
I went to a talk on forced landings and we had our local police GAR man also add on to the talk, as he has a good relationship with our club - It was the first time I'd heard about this requirement as I'm only a student
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One thing that came out of this talk was NOT that they want to keep tabs on us... the honest & legal people..... but that they wanted to "eliminate"
us from the numerous tracks from abroad and therefore can focus on the "unidentified" to investigate under the anti-terrorism regs.
Just thought I'd add this slant to the discussion.
