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This was posted at AOPA's site. Thought it might be of some interest. Mike Dean __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ MORE STATES REQUIRING CRIMINAL CHECKS, AOPA SAYS In what has become an alarming trend, New York recently became the seventh state to consider legislation requiring criminal background checks before an individual can receive flight instruction. Only Michigan has enacted such a requirement where members are telling AOPA they are being treated like criminals, subject to the whims of local law enforcement offices and facing bureaucratic red tape."Michigan's law is not the way to encourage a new student pilot who is enthusiastic about learning to fly and certificated pilots needing dual instruction." commented Andy Cebula, AOPA's senior vice president for Government and Technical Affairs. Last week the New York Assembly approved a measure, A.B. 11863, requiring criminal history records checks for individuals seeking to learn to fly, to obtain flight training for an advanced rating or certificate, or even obtain basic recurrent training such as a flight review or instrument proficiency check. AOPA has raised its objections to the legislation in a letter to the committee and argues that states should not be in the role of regulating a federally controlled activity like flight training. ====================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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