No doubt this Stasi approach will lead to British Transport police doing spot checks on us at airports now.
a) there aren't enough plod/special branch/customs to be present at all the airstrips in the country
b) there aren't enough military a/c to be able to intercept all possible threats by air
Solution - ground GA
Nice one Lord Carlisle - NIMBY God. You are a gift to those who wish to shut down aviation, and, as a supposed Liberal, you should be ashamed of yourself.
And if Mr Opik is listening in, perhaps he could earn his salary and explain to Lord Carlisle he is talking b*ll*cks.
I sincerely hope that AOPA, the GA Alliance and all our representative bodies - including the CAA - will ensure that this half-*rsed piece of rubbish is filed where it deserves to be.