"Unfortunately, the New York Times report does not include the
many security procedures recommended and added by the general
aviation community since 9/11, which included programs for
airports, flight schools and individual aircraft. The story seems
to overstate the actual threat of general aviation, which has on
many occasions been determined not to be a significant security
risk by the same federal agencies quoted in the report."
Source: Doug Macnair, EAA vice president of
government relations, reacting to a story in the New York Times
describing a 24-page report on aviation security. Sources tell ANN
the report, concocted by the FBI and DHS, spends all of one
paragraph out of 24 pages addressing the possible threats posed to
national security by terrorists who