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**B1ackwater**

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:33:34 +0000 (UTC),
(RadicalModerate) wrote:

In misc.survivalism wrote:

He hit an apartment building for the rich - where apartments start
at over $1 million. Maybe because of that, longtime antigun nut Rep.
Carolyn Maloney demanded that flights over densely-populated areas be
banned.

Maloney being a Gun Grabber doesn't invalidate the debate about
general aviation usage over big cities.
I think it would be common sense to disallow inexperienced pilots or
even amateur pilots to overfly major cities.

Perhaps a special license endorsement for "Class B" (big city) airspace
which would require an instrument rating and minimum cume time-in-type
plus minimum time-per-month ( to assure proficiency ) is in order.

Not a terrible idea ...

A plane - even a small one - can do proportionally
more damage if it crashes into a dense urban area.
Requiring some special training - what do do if the
engine quits plus stuff about the weird air currents
around tall buildings - also makes sense. Requiring
at least 1000 hours of experience before getting
said "Class B" certificate would weed out the
seriously inexperienced too.

Forbidding anyone related to the Kennedy family would
also prevent crashes ...

In any event, pilots ought not be banned from urban
areas - but they need to prove they're ABLE to handle
the special circumstances of such flights.

As for el-Jocko crashing ... pro atheletes are a highly
intelligent, well-cultured, self-controlled lot who NEVER
succumb to bravado or misjudgement - right ? :-)