In fact, be careful what you wish for. If you guys keep clamoring about
how
"ineffective" this ADIZ is, the Feds just might clamp down a "No-Fly Zone"
over Washington once again.
THAT would be far more effective against terrorist attack from the air,
don't you think?

Perhaps. But the public and corporate outrage over such a No-Fly
Zone would prevent it from being implemented.

Which is PRECISELY why we now have the "ineffective" ADIZ. I'm sure at the
deepest level of government security -- probably the Secret Service -- they
were clamoring for a permanent No-Fly Zone around D.C. after 9/11. When
this proved to be politically impossible, they "settled" for the ADIZ.

But -- mark my words -- all it will take is ONE successful attack using a GA
plane, and there WILL be a "No Fly Zone" around D.C.

Which is why ALL of us have to be vigilant around our local airports, by the
way. All it will take is one of these nut-case shoe-bombers to fly a stolen
Cherokee Six loaded with fill-in-the-blank into fill-in-the-blank, and
we'll all be recalling the ADIZ fondly.

Think it can't happen here?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"