The biggest difference I noticed between the FRA incident and 9/11 plus the suizide 172 crash into BoA in FL was the strength of GA associations in the US.
I was waiting in the beautiful GA Port Authority "Lounge" at JFK when I saw an interview with the "famous/notorious" (your pick!) John King of King Schools. I was impressed how he and everyone from GA teamed up against the common perception of GA being the clear and present danger. I haven't seen this in Europe, but unsurprisingly the number of GA members is 10 times smaller
btw ATC Watcher: Mr. Otto Sch**y could not have been a worse pick. Wasn't he the one who in court defended members of the "Rote Armee Fraktion" (Red Army Fraction) the terrorist group active in Germany mainly in the 70s and 80s? Now he's the Minister of the Interior and comes up with ideas straight out of Orwell's 1984.
I'd better stop - I am getting angry. Bl00dy politicians
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WestWind1950
AOPA with the FAA and others have developed a free phone number where you can report suspicious activities at GA airports
1-866-GA-SECURE