"Bucky" wrote in message
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It seems that general aviationists are against against any kind of
restriction,

No, not if the restriction is necessary and reasonable.

and even Bloomberg used the analogy that just because we
have car accidents doesn't mean we shut down all the streets. But if
you have a fatal car accident at an uncontrolled intersection, it would
be pretty reasonable to make the intersection safer, maybe by adding a
stop sign or signal lights.

Well, but not if there's just one accident in several decades of use, which
is the case here.

The East River corridor is pretty crazy, a
narrow strip between 3 major airports. It doesn't seem like a bad idea
to shut it down.

New restrictions have in fact just gone into effect, but it's not as drastic
as shutting it down--more like installing a traffic light, to use your
analogy.

--Gary