Fri, Feb 07, 2003
Stand Up and Be Counted...
The rumors have been floating hot and heavy...
but it now appears that the long-awaited relaxation of restrictions
in the Washington, DC, area may not happen after all--and the death
knell that was alluded to in Lee Schiek's impassioned letter, "Requiem
for An Airport," may actually be forthcoming for a
number of airports and thousands of affected aviators.
The current scuttlebutt says that TSA is going to extend the
foolishness of SFAR 94 for at least two more years... and offer
additional reinforcement to Bin Laden's attempt to destroy as much
of America as he can. The SFAR that restricted so much air traffic
around Washington (and decimated the civil liberties of thousands)
was set to expire on February 13th... so we expect to hear the
worst shortly.
OK... this is bad
But the really troublesome issue is
that we think its all about to become a lot worse. We have strong
reason to believe that more restrictions are about to be announced
and some can only be described as "Un-American."
Some of the measures that have been mentioned (and recently
confirmed to us by others in the loop) include the loss of VFR
privileges within the BWI Class B area, an expanded radius of
control around the Washington area, vertical expansion of
controlled airspace, a ban on flight training, possible bans on
Part 91 and Part 135 ops... even a 55 NM wide radius of airspace
that would be prohibited to most of aviation. Can you imagine that
our own government may actually be telling a large part of its
citizenry that they can't visit the seat of our own
governement? It's WRONG.
Folks... it's out of control
What Bin Laden started, TSA appears intent on
finishing. The only way that we are going to be able to
fight this nonsense is through AGGRESSIVE and very vocal protest.
More important, we have to play the CYA game to a fairly great
degree... and the fact that there were at least two "escorts" of GA
aircraft out of DC airspace by DC's new Air-Cops does NOT help
our case at all.
Write your elected
officials-NOW. Let everyone within earshot know that our government
is finishing the work started by those who want to destroy our way
of life NOW. Start thinking hard about ways in which we can make
sure our case is made clear to the rest of our countrymen NOW... be
assured that ANN is going to be right in the middle of this
and that we will do our best to keep you informed.
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