Mandatory Flight Plans???

Not necessarily. The dictionary uses this example sentence [1], "The
car went out of control and rammed the truck." Yes, often the context
that "ram" is used implies that it's intentional, but is it not wrong
to use it the other way.
[1] http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ram

My message applied to it's use here.

I never said it was intentional. I specifically stated the conditions
were IMC.

Jim Macklin wrote:
A number of years ago, a Congressman proposed that ANY
airplane approaching the USA without a clearance that would
not answer a radio call be shot down. War on drugs, this
was before War on Terror. They were very serious, any
airplane.

Of course, this violates international treaty obligations which
prohibit the US from firing upon civilian aircraft. It was the
violation of this treaty that gave the US grounds for condemning the
Soviet Union for shooting down KAL 007 and which in turn earned the US
worldwide condemnation for shooting down an Iranian airliner by
accident.

This Congressman apparently liked the Soviet way.

Kev writes:

I don't see why, unless you think the FAA's computers would get
overloaded.

It takes longer to prepare a flight plan than it does not to prepare
one, so in theory people could be delayed.

A lot of people plan and file a flight at the last minute, or even
after take-off.

There isn't any need to tell them that part. When one is dealing with
people who aren't very bright, sometimes misinformation can only be
effectively countered by more misinformation, as the reality may be so
subtle that it escapes their understanding.

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In article .com,
"cjcampbell" wrote:

Jim Macklin wrote:
A number of years ago, a Congressman proposed that ANY
airplane approaching the USA without a clearance that would
not answer a radio call be shot down. War on drugs, this
was before War on Terror. They were very serious, any
airplane.

Of course, this violates international treaty obligations which
prohibit the US from firing upon civilian aircraft. It was the
violation of this treaty that gave the US grounds for condemning the
Soviet Union for shooting down KAL 007 and which in turn earned the US
worldwide condemnation for shooting down an Iranian airliner by
accident.

This Congressman apparently liked the Soviet way.

His name is Sen. Mitch McConnell, (R), KY.

Neither party has a monopoly on stupidity!

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
"cjcampbell" wrote:

Jim Macklin wrote:
A number of years ago, a Congressman proposed that ANY
airplane approaching the USA without a clearance that would
not answer a radio call be shot down. War on drugs, this
was before War on Terror. They were very serious, any
airplane.

Of course, this violates international treaty obligations which
prohibit the US from firing upon civilian aircraft. It was the
violation of this treaty that gave the US grounds for condemning the
Soviet Union for shooting down KAL 007 and which in turn earned the US
worldwide condemnation for shooting down an Iranian airliner by
accident.

This Congressman apparently liked the Soviet way.

His name is Sen. Mitch McConnell, (R), KY.

Neither party has a monopoly on stupidity!

No. And I find this tendency on the part of both parties towards
totalitarianism to be very disturbing.

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"cjcampbell" wrote in
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oups.com...
|
| Orval Fairbairn wrote:
| In article
.com,
| "cjcampbell" wrote:
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| A number of years ago, a Congressman proposed that
ANY
| airplane approaching the USA without a clearance
that would
| not answer a radio call be shot down. War on drugs,
this
| was before War on Terror. They were very serious,
any
| airplane.
|
| Of course, this violates international treaty
obligations which
| prohibit the US from firing upon civilian aircraft. It
was the
| violation of this treaty that gave the US grounds for
condemning the
| Soviet Union for shooting down KAL 007 and which in
turn earned the US
| worldwide condemnation for shooting down an Iranian
airliner by
| accident.
|
| This Congressman apparently liked the Soviet way.
|
| His name is Sen. Mitch McConnell, (R), KY.
|
| Neither party has a monopoly on stupidity!
|
| No. And I find this tendency on the part of both parties
towards
| totalitarianism to be very disturbing.
|

Kev wrote:

I don't see why, unless you think the FAA's computers would get
overloaded.

It's not the computer. I can't get anywhere near an FAA
computer. The closest I can get is one of the outsourced
FSS-pukes or piece of crap DUAT vendors.