Wed, Jun 11, 2003
Attentive, Wet Crowd at First Fly-In Town Meeting
AOPA President Boyer took on the issue of national security and
airspace restrictions when he hosted his first-ever Fly-In seminar.
To a standing room only crowd of over 300, Boyer talked about the
air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and other restrictions
around Washington, D.C., and the broader picture of security
restrictions across the country.
He warned the audience that the Washington ADIZ is not going
away, based on what federal officials have said. "Our biggest thing
now is to try to work with the agencies to find operational
solutions," Boyer said. He outlined several of the proposals that
AOPA has laid before the FAA and the TSA, and said the agencies
have indicated they're at least willing to consider the
options.
"During a meeting with the head of the Transportation Security
Administration... and other top officials earlier this week, we
were told that getting back to the way things were September 10,
2001 will be a long way away," Boyer told the audience. But he also
relayed some promising developments from that meeting. "One
official told us, 'there were some things done in the wake of 9-11
that need rethinking,'" said Boyer.
Bureaucrats did weekend duty
Boyer
was joined at the seminar by high-ranking officials from the FAA
and the Transportation Security Administration. Bruce Johnson and
Linda Schuessler, director and deputy director respectively of the
FAA's Air Traffic Service division, Nancy Kalinowski, deputy
director of the Air Traffic Airspace Management Program at the FAA,
and from TSA, Bruce Landry, assistant director for general aviation
operations, and Michal Morgan, acting manager of the General
Aviation Policy Office, were in the audience to hear firsthand the
concerns on GA pilots' minds.
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