Absolutely! I'm not against punative action against violators. In fact, I
agree with you on that issue. Its imparative that violatations be addressed
and addressed hard. Its been my experience working in this arena however
that punative action only goes just so far in enhancing the safety
situation. You "punish" a violator and you reach the violator and a few
peripheral pilots who "get the message".
On issues like Oshkosh, the situation is so unique and so complex, that to
make any headway at all in getting into the guts of the safety issues found
in this highly inflammable environment, you will have to take the existing
safety program and tear into it piece by piece, finding the weak links and
correcting them. Then, after all this has been addressed, the whole thing
will have to be distributed throughout the entire EAA community by its own
members; literally an Oshkosh education program that reaches down into the
heart of the community so that everyone not only knows what's going on, but
is an active part in seeing that it goes on properly.
This is the only way to clean up something as complicated as the traffic
situation that occurs every year at Oshkosh. Safety has to be so high a
priority, that nobody will want to be the subject of the community's ire by
not adhearing to the established safety policies.
In other words, what EAA has to do is supercede the FAA's minimum
requirements for flight safety and create a level above that mimimum.
Hell...I've been teaching pilots to fly airplanes above the minimum FAA
requirements all through my career. Its the "only way to fly".
:-))
Dudley Henriques

"RomeoMike" wrote in message
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I appreciate what you're saying, but couldn't penalty enforcement save
lives if it discourages miscreants. For example, in the scenario presented
in the OP, if accurate and assuming that the Cessna pilot was following all
ATC instructions and assuming that ATC didn't err, wouldn't some sort of
action against the warbird pilots for breaking a FAR (a federal action) or
for just being rudely aggressive (an airshow organizers issue) help prevent
further such behavior from others that might get a testosterone moment at
the next airshow?

Dudley Henriques wrote:
I completely agree with your comment with one addition.
Penalty enforcement is fine, and should be encouraged, but its not what
will save lives. Pre-emptive analysis of the entire flight and ground
safety issue at Oshkosh is the only approach to this issue that will save
lives.
The safety program in general at Oshkosh needs a serious and in depth
review. The traffic situation vs the space available both in the air and
on the ground has reached the point where absolute control is necessary.
Without this taking place, I'm afraid there might very well be a need for
more "enforcement" after the fact.....down the line.
Dudley Henriques


"RomeoMike" wrote in message


To imply that warbird pilots as a group are hotdogging idiots to be
banned is as valid as saying that all Cessna pilots are fine,
professional types that do no wrong. Ban a whole group...never. How
about some enforcement against the show-offs and rules breakers that
form the minority of all pilot groups?!