Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Oshkosh attracts all manner of people, products, programs and
planes... and the occasional politician. This year, Wittman Field
hosted a number of Feds... some of whom came, said a lot and left
the rest of us wondering if they really looked around and got a
glimpse of the amazing things taking place around them.
Still; we're pleased that they showed up at all and despite the
'bureaucrat-speak' we have to be glad for the fact that they still
are interested in visiting rather than just casting decisions on us
without so much as a glance.
For your edification, we're going to continue to present some of
the speeches and statements made by them, and like prior Aero-TV
programs featuring the FAA Administrator, New EAA President Rod
Hightower and other interesting speeches and interviews, we'll let
YOU get a feel for who these people are and whether they came to
Oshkosh speak TO us... or AT us.
On July 26th, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary
Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Administrator John S. Pistole launched two 'enhancements' to
general aviation security - the general aviation component of DHS's
nationwide "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign, and a
streamlined system for vetting passengers and crew on general
aviation aircraft entering and exiting the United States through a
single, Department-wide process, while speaking to the press at
Oshkosh in a surprisingly and poorly attended briefing.
As part of the GA component of "If You See Something, Say
Something," DHS asked the flying community to report suspicious
general aviation activity to TSA's hotline at 1-866-GA-SECURE.
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