"David Brooks" wrote in message
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I just thought I'd bring it to the group's attention that "Pam.Scott", of
Aviation Institute (but also, apparently, "UNO Library") has made some
*very* good points. Perhaps everyone else should calm down and pay
attention:

http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf90/301045_web.pdf

I am not sure what an IFR is in the context of her letter, but she does not
sound all that knowledgeable. She suggests that aliens should plan ahead
before beginning something as complex as flight training but that it is
unreasonable to make them wait before coming to the US, which seems
contradictory to me. Also, I don't follow the argument that we should not
complain because, after all, airport employees have to be fingerprinted. So
what? If they had to have their eyebrows surgically removed, should we cut
off our ears? Both would be just as effective security measures as
fingerprinting. (Look! That guy is a real pilot! He flies with such grace
and skill that the toreadors at TSA awarded him both ears and the eyebrows.
But I digress.)