Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"This directive basically shuts down all general aviation on the entire island of Oahu and - specifically names sightseeing tours and flight training. We are a very small operation with my wife and I basically doing almost everything seven days a week and we are usually off one day for Thanksgiving and one day for  Christmas. That is two days a year off and we cannot afford to take two weeks off over a potentially busy holiday. 9/11 taught all of us that the airlines are the size of equipment that can cause damage, and in subsequent incident a training type aircraft flew into the 15th floor of a building and simply broke a window and killed only the pilot. It might be a lot safer if all the airlines were shut down and the smaller aircraft to fly." 

Source: Island Seaplane Service, run by Pat and Debbie Magie, discussing the massive TFR that will envelop the island of Oahu when the President comes to vacation there... for nearly two weeks, starting December 23rd.

FMI: www.islandseaplane.com