Morons Strike Again
These people CAN'T be a flaming stupid as they seem, can they? Well, after all, they ARE Congress. Go figure. People who know NOTHING about General Aviation, who have already allowed the Shrub Administration to pretty much destroy all aviation related business within 30 miles of DC, are now going to help drive out the few pilots left who actually have the nerve to fly anywhere near DC in order to get anywhere ELSE in the country.
As if threatening us with being shot down and killed is not enough, now let's hit them in their wallets. Or, maybe shoot them down THEN make their families pay the 100K out of their estates. Yeah, that'll REALLY make people in the DC area feel safer.
Whatever happened to our constitutional "right to travel?" Didn't we used to have one? Don't all of these stupid ass restrictions have to at least pass some semblance of a test to prove that they would actually help fight "terrorism" before wasting taxpayers time and money while our clowns in office make asses out of themselves yet again? Oh well, guess not.
Guess those few Americans (yeah, like citizens...those who are the ones who the whack jobs in government are supposed to be protecting) who are still making a living in the general aviation sector better just pack it in and go work for one of those Dell customer service lines. Ooops, but that would mean a move to India.
Bill Targets Errant Pilots: "Pilots who violate restricted airspace over Washington would be liable for civil fines of up to $100,000 under legislation that is to be introduced today by Republican and Democratic House leaders. Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said he and Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) want to toughen penalties for pilots who breach a 16-mile 'no-fly zone' around the capital. Their bill would also fine pilots as much as $5,000 if they ignore flight rules in a wider Air Defense Identification Zone that extends up to 50 miles from the capital."