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rparker wrote: > Dave, > I do not want to fly for fun, it is my livelihood, tes I am Very > pissed!!! > > See the lesson below > > I sort of disagree with the sit and wait. GA is not only a privilege, to > some of us it is a way of life. The problem at the head of the list is > the > DOT, and the National Security Administration., and the INS. The NSA > should > have had implemented cock-pit security long ago, the FAA should have > enforced it, the INS should have deported the people who had over stayed > their visas. The people in DC think they are god and their word is as if > cut > in stone. The aircraft used in this disaster was not GA airplanes, they > were > commercial and yet they were first back in the air, I might add still > with > the flimsy cock-pit doors. They do have transponders, which are supposed > to > be tracked if you are on IFR. We have an Air Base (Andrews AFB) right > there > at DC, but the nearest base with aircraft was in southern Virginia. What > are > the idiots in NSA thinking, miles take time to cover, no matter how > close or > far. > Now for the economy, we have seven GA airplanes ready to go back to > their > owners. We do not get paid until they come to pick them up. The > airplanes > are from all over the states, we have nine airplanes scheduled to have > already been here, and they cannot come. Helping our economy, I think > not!!!! > For the fools in DC to think GA is a big risk is idiotic thinking, but > in > all respect, they have to cover their own butts for their stupidity. I > am > not ticked because of not being able to fly. I am ticked for all the > propaganda that comes from our own government and the idiots who are > supposed to make the decisions. > I stand behind our President, but do pray he will not be undercut by > these > same idiots who are holding up my livelihood. They have no concern how > they > are hurting the small businesses in GA. We (all of us) may be looking > for > food, they even stopped crop dusters from flying now. God I pray I never > get > as stupid as the Presidents so called advisors. > > Bob Parker > Mena, AR. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mi Vidaloca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:44 PM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] GA still grounded > > > | ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > any > advice in this forum.]---- > | > | I must admit to being a bit appalled by this running thread, come on > people > | get a grip. While none of us enjoys being grounded this was not done > just > | because no one could think of any thing better to do than to piss off > a > | very small minority of people. First let me explain that there is a > VERY > | REAL CONCERN about the potential and probability for bioterrorism. > For > | those of you less initiated this is "bacterial or viral warfare". The > most > | common, easily produced and most likely agent is anthrax. Now a > little > lesson > > > I think that the grounding of GA in the wake of the attack will possibly lead to a decline like the downturn felt in 1991-1992, but I think that a temporary grounding is a small price to pay for getting all aviation back on track in terms of safety and security. The grounding is, however, unprecedented since the times of World War II and is tough on all the law-abiding GA pilots and passengers. ==^================================================================ 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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