Sat, Feb 28, 2009
Submits 48 Pages Of Comments Against Proposed GA Security
Rules
The Transportation Security
Administration's proposed
Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) is a
threat to American citizens' rights of privacy and freedom of
travel, said the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Friday.
"It is an unreasonably expansive and intrusive response to an
undocumented and unproven security threat," reads an AOPA release.
"The LASP could force one quarter of the reliever airports in the
United States to ban aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds. And
the TSA has underestimated the cost of the program to citizens and
businesses by a factor of six; LASP could cost the general aviation
community some $1.2 billion a year."
After a detailed analysis of the TSA's controversial proposal,
this week AOPA submitted 48 pages of comments to the Department of
Transportation about the matter.
"Other than user fees, no other issue has concerned our members
as much as the unnecessary intrusion of security regulations into
their private affairs," said Andy Cebula, AOPA executive vice
president of government affairs. "Even if the LASP doesn't affect
them now, they are concerned that regulations will eventually apply
to the aircraft they fly.
"The TSA hasn't completed its homework," Cebula continued.
"There are too many gaps in the information regarding the effect of
this program on general aviation," said Cebula. He called on the
TSA to institute a negotiated rulemaking process, allowing all of
the aviation segments that are affected, or could be affected, by
this rule to work with the agency to address the numerous areas of
concern.
"This NPRM does not provide confidence that the proposed
regulations would provide substantial security improvements that
justify the potential financial burden and the intrusion on
individual rights," said Cebula.
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