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Old 24th Mar 2011, 16:54
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The paranoia? Where to begin? What used to be open airspace with conventional Class B rules (I remember when it was a TCA) is now a veritable aerial fortress patrolled by helos and police, with arcane and draconian rules that have virtually shutdown several airports around the District. Airliners entering the FRZ have to have marshals on-board, passengers belted in for the final portion of the flight, special clearances for the pilots, GA planes essentially banned from an airport that once provided easy access to the Capitol. I have flown in there in a Cherokee, now it would be impossible. These restrictions, by the way, will do nothing to stop a terrorist or hijacker from attacking, witness the wacko in a Cessna 150 who crashed into the White House during the Clinto years. It is all of a piece of the virtual shutdown of airspace when the President flies.

Paranoid? What would you call it?
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