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Big brother, may try to use this time ,to take our right to air space .in the name of ????? Wonder how much fuel was save over the last 3 days ??What if we dont get to fly any more at all----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Bullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: [COUPERS] Better stand up now! > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Your EAA ( www.eaa.org ) and AOPA ( www.aopa.org) are both on board with some > rather strong statements regarding DOT Secratary Mineta's reneging on his > agreements > with them regarding GA access to the airspace. > > In case you don't know, the FAA first announced that we would be able to > fly at 11AM EDT > today. At 9:58AM the AOPA announced they were hedging. Art 10:50AM, they > announced > that the major airlines can fly but GA can't. > > I have faxed/sent the following to my congressional delegation: > I am writing you to express my strong objection to Secretary of > Transportation Norm Mineta's ongoing ban of General Aviation activity in US > Airspace. Commercial air traffic is being permitted, and General Aviation > activity was supposed to have been re-activated at the same time and on the > same terms. However, literally ten minutes before light aircraft were given > permission to fly, the DOT issued new restrictions against GA. This > includes personal, business, and air charter operations in the lower 48 and > Hawaii. > > General Aviation has not been demonstrated to pose significant security > risk in the current circumstances. Indeed, it could be argued that > commercial air-carrier aviation, with the present half-measures taken to > improve security, is a far greater risk. When explosive-laden rental trucks > were used at the prior WTC incident and in Oklahoma City, did the DOT ban > sedans from the nations highways? It did not. Neither should an incident > with a hijacked airliner preclude use of light aircraft. > > The current ban damages many businesses here in New Jersey. Small airports > and aviation-support businesses, as well as flight instructors and charter > pilots continue to suffer. These are not businesses or professionals who > can continue in business in the face of such losses. In the event of a > national defense need they will, however, provide a valuable training > resource. If the DOT allows them to stay in business. > > Together with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the > Experimental Aircraft Association, I urge you to contact Mr. Mineta and > President Bush in order to restore unrestricted access to US airspace to > personal and business use of General Aviation aircraft. > > I would suggest that everyone take the time to stand up for their right to > use the > airspace over their own country on an equal footing with big commercial > interests, > before the current sad situation is used as an excuse to take away that right > for good. > > The longer they get to think about it, the longer they'll have to make up > fanciful > James Bond scenarios, and the less likely it is that we'll continue to be > free to > move about the skies... ...ever. > > Greg > > > ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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