Tue, Nov 11, 2003
AOPA Discusses Monday's Embarrassing ADIZ Transgression
"While we don't yet
know why the aircraft strayed into the ADIZ, the system worked as
designed," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "Air traffic controllers
identified a potential threat. The military responded with
appropriate force and appropriate restraint and, after determining
that the pilot posed no threat, escorted him out of the ADIZ and
let him go on his way."
What convinced the fighter pilots that it was an inadvertent
incursion was apparently that the GA pilot saw and complied with
their intercept signals. The AOPA Air Safety Foundation has
prepared an intercept procedures card.
AOPA continues to remind pilots that it is their obligation to
know about and avoid all flight-restricted areas. And the
association has been extraordinarily proactive in providing pilots
with the tools and information they need to do so, including the
new AOPA Real Time Flight Planner, which provides up-to-minute
graphical depictions of temporary flight restriction (TFR)
locations.
"AOPA continues to have concerns about the operational impact of
the ADIZ on both pilots and air traffic controllers," said Boyer.
"All the same, we've put a lot of effort into educating pilots
about it.
"Our new online ADIZ course explains the requirements for
operating in or transitioning through the Washington-Baltimore
area.
"The Air Safety Foundation completely redesigned its airspace
education program, Know Before You Go, to include both ADIZ and
other security TFR operations.
"And we remind pilots at every opportunity that it is their
obligation to know and understand the airspace through which
they're flying."
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