04.01.06 'Special' Edition: On the heels of
extensive aviation industry outcry over the highly restrictive
rules involved in dealing with the Washington ADIZ and the general
inability of smaller aircraft to deal effectively with the workload
of legally using that airspace, the FAA has instituted a new
program designed to allow for more ready access to the airspace
around the Nation's Capital for light aircraft.
The Proposal's Basics Include:
The aircraft have to weigh under 2400 pounds
You can only have carry one passenger, who has to pass
a drug test.
The pilot does NOT have to talk to controllers while flying in
the ADIZ!
The pilot files his flight plan, and the FAA downloads the
origin and destination into the aircraft's new-technology autopilot
over a ADSB-coordinated downlink.
The autopilot will only allow flight from/to those
pre-programed locations, for one trip. Deviation from the
pre-programmed course results in an electric shock through TSO'd
electrodes that are mandatorily attached to the rear of a waistband
mounted sensor -- worn by the pilot.
According to the Joint FAA/TSA joint press release, "This
program strikes a fair balance between the needs of pilots to fly
where they want and our national security requirements. Much
thought went into the design of this program.
Already several pilots have expressed gratitude to the FAA &
TSA for having the vision to design such a program for safe and
secure aviation in the 21st Century."
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