Stick or Carrot
Hi OT, Had a look at your great website. From some of the posts it would appear that there are far more poorly trained or poorly disciplined pilots out there than I would have believed. Horror stories abound. So what do we do about it - 'We' being the GA community. Well for starters I think if 'they' won't listen to words of advice from the likes of Irv Lee, then it's time for a little name and shame. It can be done without dropping them in the poo with the law, but at least they should know that the community as a whole don't appreciate being tarred with the same brush. We all have (had) to learn and the majority of new pilots are eager to learn the right way to fly. I have always maintained you can have a hell of a lot of fun flying - yet still do it right. Busting controlled airspace is not on. The fence is there for a purpose!!
Having said that, we are not best served by some of the thought police who seem to take the view that if you make a mistake, it's a shot at dawn job! Now some of your readers have suggested a yellow card approach. Third yellow is a red and you can expect the book to be thrown at you. If the offence is really serious you might even get it on the first infringement - depends on the severity. I like that.
The point I'm trying to make is that it's a shame the enforcers don't take more of a village bobby approach with inexperienced pilots, instead of trying to emulate a smart traffic cop with a radar gun anxious to reach his target busts for the week.
Or have I been at it too long! Anyway - best of luck with the project