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Nick · October 13th, 2006, 16:15

I'd like to see an editorial on why creating a no-fly zone will not work. Maybe I'll write one myself.

I'll assume that the main reason some of the public wants airspace more restricted is terrorism, since this Cirrus crash might as well have occurred in a neighborhood in the suburbs and landed on a house.

With that assumption, do people actually think class B airspace is going to stop a terrorist?

We have laws against murder -- how have those been working in the past several hundred years?

Terrorists are not at all interested in keeping their pilot record free of violations and if they really want to load half a ton of something into the back of a plane and fly a bunch of them in formation towards buildings, then they will go ahead and do that. An ADIZ, TFR, whatever else is not going to stop them.

They could crash a few planes into buildings and wreak a bit of havoc. Or they could blow up an eighteen wheeler in the middle of the Holland Tunnel. One of those is more of a threat than the other right now, and the public reaction to the Cirrus crash is giving any potential terrorists a clue as to just how clue-less their enemy might be.

October 13th, 2006, 16:15	#7
Nick Old Skool Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,395	Re: Phil Boyer gives USA an appetizer to chew on I'd like to see an editorial on why creating a no-fly zone will not work. Maybe I'll write one myself. I'll assume that the main reason some of the public wants airspace more restricted is terrorism, since this Cirrus crash might as well have occurred in a neighborhood in the suburbs and landed on a house. With that assumption, do people actually think class B airspace is going to stop a terrorist? We have laws against murder -- how have those been working in the past several hundred years? Terrorists are not at all interested in keeping their pilot record free of violations and if they really want to load half a ton of something into the back of a plane and fly a bunch of them in formation towards buildings, then they will go ahead and do that. An ADIZ, TFR, whatever else is not going to stop them. They could crash a few planes into buildings and wreak a bit of havoc. Or they could blow up an eighteen wheeler in the middle of the Holland Tunnel. One of those is more of a threat than the other right now, and the public reaction to the Cirrus crash is giving any potential terrorists a clue as to just how clue-less their enemy might be. __________________ Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress in this period in history.