Slim,
I understand you are required to carry photo ID in Belgium, in the US we are not
Not entirely true. I was refused a packet of ciggies in Vons (I was 26) becasue no photo ID. I was refused entry into a bar in California by some snotty nosed kid because my UK photo driving licence was not acceptable (I was 30) . I was carded last time I bought a bottle of Vodka in Ralphs (I'm 32) and my British passport was 'not acceptable as proof of age'..Company policy apparently....what a bunch of *****. And heaven forbid you get pulled over by 'John Denver' of the California Highway Patrol for doing 100 miles an hour down the I5, and have no photo ID....
I wonder how these changes will affect people who are members of a Flying Club rather than FTO. In San Diego there is an organisation called Pacific Coast Flyers. Its not an FTO, you pay yearly dues, then get given a key to all the clubs aircraft. You basically turn up and take an aircraft as long as one is free. If I choose to go to the US on holiday, and then decide on the spur of the moment to go flying, how can anyone stop me???
Cheers
EA