Here in the UK we have been getting some of this stuff for a while now, particularly when an airport tries to get new commercial traffic.
Someone flew into Blackpool airport last year in a Cessna and needed some oil. The store was ³landside². When he goes back to the airport entrance he is told he has to go through security in the terminal. There he is not allowed to take liquids through and was asked for his passport. ³But I¹m a pilot² he complained. ³Show us your licence² was the response. ³It¹s in my bag in the plane!² He ended up going back outside, throwing the oil bottle over the fence, and then getting through security using his drivers licence. Welcome to the security¹ club! Mike On 26/2/09 16:26, "JThomas Terry" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No, No, Richard: The problem is there are too damned many laws already! > > Security is one thing, but the direction and directives being forced on GA are > ridiculous. > > Tommy > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Richard Wilkens > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ercoupe-flyin] There Ought to be a Law > > > Just to let you know. > > I keep my Coupe at a county airport which like most in the area has > commercial service. Yesterday, I went down to get a new photo ID to > allow me to enter the Air Operations Area, AOA, (flight line to > me). They picked up enough information and authorizations from to me > to check with the FBI and the Social Security Administration to show > that I am who I say I am. They are going do a Security Threat > Assessment (STA) on me. There is a new Security Directive (SD) out > that requires the new ID and the STA, but at a public meeting on > Monday by the TSA, when requested to supply a copy of the SD, their > answer was -- NO -- for National Security reasons. So I assume > every body who flies in and out of airports with commercial service > is going to be required to follow a SD that they can't read and don't > know what it says. By the way, it is up to a $10,000 fine for not > following the SD. > > Once I get my new ID, I can go onto the flight line -- sorry the AOA, > but they want me to report anyone without an ID -- can I get fined if > don't report someone? If I fly into an airport with commercial > service (every county airport around here), my ID is no good. By the > SD, remember the one I can't see, I can't leave my aircraft without > being escorted by someone with a local ID. The worst part is someday > I will have an accident if I have to wait for an escort -- with a > four hour plane and a two hour bladder, I see trouble over the hill. > > If any airport really tries to follow these rules, it will about kill > the air show and the fly-in business at airports of any size. > > There ought to be a law. > > Richard > NC99904 > MTJ > > > > ________________ Alon A2 A-188 G-HARY www.ercoupe.co.uk
