Pilots in Washington State and Oregon can now enjoy a slight
sigh of relief, now that some of the region's more intrusive TFR's
have been relaxed. Imposed after the September 11th terrorist
attacks, the flight restrictions affected a wide area covering
airspace in Oregon and Washinton state
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) concurred late
Friday with calls to suspend a number of airspace restrictions that
were implemented when the national terrorist threat level rose to
"orange" before the holidays. TSA and FAA has rescinded notices to
airmen (NOTAMs) that put in place
Gateway procedures at the Maryland 3 airports, suspended waivers in
the National Capital Region (NCR) and suspension of waivers for
sporting event stadium overflights and created a temporary flight
restriction (TFR) in downtown Chicago (IL).
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