"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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I am not an expert on this subject, but this sounds quite ridiculous.
His primary reason for visiting the U.S. is vacation, not flying.

Well, Mohammed Atta's primary visiting for visiting the U.S. was
suicide and mass destruction. The flight instruction was secondary.


The rules are there to protect American citizens. Not being American, if I
want to visit your country I will follow your rules until they become so
difficult that its not worth it. Then I will go and spend my cash elsewhere.

I am ****ed about the imposition it has on my flying but at the end of the
day the 911 terrorists learnt to fly at US flying schools.

Incidentally, the authorities are interested in the size of plane and when I
visited at Christmas to do some training (4hours) I had the visa, and a
letter saying that the plane was less than 12,500 pounds.

To do 4 hours training, (JAR to FAA conversion) the visa paperwork took
three hours, the visa cost $100 and I had to wait 4 hours for a 2 minute
interview at the embassy.