A sad example of the clueless waste of resources by bureaucrats in the Federal government. Both the Oklahoma city bombing and the first World Trade Center bombing were done by vans / small trucks, yet you don't see the Federal government regulating van and truck access to cities and population centers. They choose to tighten security rules for small airplanes. A person seeking to hurt our country has far easier ways to do it, than using small airplanes. Don't expect to find common sense solutions in Federal government agencies. It's hopeless. Perhaps we could find some aviation-friendly senators and representatives willing to take on the issue? Eliacim
----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Wilkens To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:48 AM 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
