On 11 May 2005 18:51:01 GMT, (Jay Masino)
wrote:

The latest report on WTOP (news station in DC) was that the aircraft WAS
squawking the correct code, but that there was some sort of communications
problem. I'm glad to see that everyone was so willing to jump on top of
our brother pilots.

The ADIZ procedures require immediate egress from the ADIZ upon lost
comms through shortest-exit to the boundary. It was added after the
incident before Reagan's funeral. Issues with the ADIZ itself and
problems created by pilots not following procedures therein have been
not infrequent since it's inception. So, fine, you're flying along
for some minutes, in a busy area, hearing nothing on the radio (or at
a minimum not being able to get any transmissions acknowledged) and
haven't proceeded out of the area per the procedures, on a course that
is coming close to P-63 (is it 63?), and *still* don't change course
when the fighters fly up and start dropping flares in front of you,
and people aren't supposed to express frustration at the pilots
involved?