qwerty plop
you said: and have already been quoted on this above
"But I have faith in those who would protect me. I have faith in the police and the security services, I trust them more than I would ever trust the government. That might make me naive but they, like our armed forces, are there because of duty and obligation and I see it as my duty to assist them wherever possible to counter a threat they are clearly convinced exists on whatever level."
you cleary believe in the nanny state.....
I don't
Pilots tend to be a fairly individualistic bunch - they have some character, whereas you seem to be a "grey" to me in the John Major sense. Or in the sense when mother says to the young child - "don't play in the garden Tasmin, you might get dirty and we wouldn't want you getting dirty now, would we dearest sweet child of mine."
3000 people die on the roads every year - you need to get GA in proportion to the carnage on the roads. and this 3000 deaths a year is despite the CCTV, and ANPR systems you mention.
my plane could be used as a bomb
it doesn't require a key to start it up
you don't need a key to get in the cockpit
it carries over a ton of fuel
and could go into the side of any major building in London before any jets from east anglia had much of a chance to react.
but I am not suicidal - let alone a terrorist.
try something a little dangerous in your life - try playing a bit of rugby in the front row. drink 10 pints of guiness. have a dodgy prawn curry at the local indian. get off with that minging woman who has been making "eyes" at you.
less intusion into peoples' every day lives thx. all this snooping that you advocate has be used (as the daily mail points out) to snoop on the real villains of society who litter the street, park illegally, and put the wrong sort of rubbish in their bins.
you need to get a life qwerty plop.
and a new name.
(although I can hardly talk there....but at least mine has some background to it)