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Some current issues from the TSA/DHS:
Still waiting for LASP II, probably a couple months at least.
Repair Stations are now the source du jour of terrorist activity in aviation, even though 2009 has seen more Muslim male passenger activity in all the years since 9/11 combined. So much so that the general population is ready to do profiling in spite of Secretary Mineta's decision in 2001.
See the Repair Station page for a tool kit to response to this new TSA security non-issue. For a quicker version, you can go to www.planehook.com
The downloadable toolkits are located on the lower right on the Home page
SD-8G is still out there and the list of airports affected by it is still classified.
Operation Playbook is still out there and hiding.
The latest is the Airport Survey...
NOTICE
Town Hall Meeting to protect your rights and freedoms as a General Aviation Pilot in America.
27 March 2010 at 1400 there will be a Town Hall meeting at Peach State Aerodrome (GA2) south of Atlanta in Williamson, GA to discuss the Large Aircraft Security Program and how it will affect your flying, since the TSA has deemed General Aviation a threat to National Security.
Speakers include John Hyle, airline Captain and warbird pilot; Alan Armstrong, aviation attorney and published author; plus some to be announced.
We have a short presentation on the legislative issues so far to stop this injustice and an detailed explanation of what LASP would mean should the TSA enact it. At this time, we are awaiting the modified version (to be issued as a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) soon, it may or may not be out by the meeting date.
For further information on LASP, and Security Directive 8G, Operation Playbook, the current Repair Station NPRM and the current Airport Survey, see:
www.stoplasp.com or www.alanarmstronglaw.com
For directions and information on flying into GA2, see:
www.peachstateaero.com
Driving directions:
South on Interstate 75 to Highway 19-41 exit to Griffin, GA - Proceed south to Griffin. Continue through Griffin shopping area and stay on US 19-41 - Go to Williamson, GA exit Highway 362 - Proceed west on Highway 362 to Williamson, GA - then go 1 mile west of Williamson to Jonathan Roost Road - Turn right and go 1/2 mile.
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From AvWeb:
First Official Meeting, Senate GA Caucus
The first official meeting of the Senate General Aviation Caucus, co-chaired by Senators Mark Begich (an Alaska Democrat) and Mike Johanns (a Nebraska Republican) took place Thursday, Jan. 28, composed of 23 members. The meeting addressed the role that GA serves in the U.S., and how the concerns of the GA community could be elevated in the Senate. The Senate Caucus was founded in September. Its members will seek to serve as a platform for bipartisan action on issues important to the GA community. Specifically, "The goal of the Senate General Aviation Caucus is to work with pilots, aircraft owners, the aviation industry, and relevant government agencies to insure a safe and vibrant environment exists for General Aviation (GA) in America," according to Begich's Web site. The House General Aviation Caucus, formed last year with assistance and urging from AOPA, held its first meeting in May. GA advocacy groups support the organization of the caucuses as a better-organized vehicle to advance their concerns. The caucuses so far hold more than 100 members on their rosters.
Said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen, "The continued growth of these caucuses underscores the recognition by Congress that general aviation creates jobs, provides a transportation lifeline to communities across the country, helps businesses succeed and supports people and communities in times of crisis." NBAA has compiled a list of active General Aviation Caucus members listed by state for both the House and Senate. It is available here.
Let's tell them how much it means to us and remind them of what we're fighting for.
HELP!!!
We need some help. When this started it was a simple idea to get some letters written about LASP.
To date, the TSA has launched LASP (now in revision and probably to come out again as LASP II, the SNPRM).
SD-8G, which is still classified and still affecting an unknown number of airports.
The Repair Station issue which has never had any input to aviation security.
Operation Playbook has merely going into hiding and may still see the light of day again.
And now the Airport Survey, which was information requested by Congress about 5 years ago.
On the surface, this information is benign enough; do you have a fence, do you have badging, do you have a police presence, etc. But with the wrong spin, it becomes some talking head on CNN, "did you know that 72% of the airports in this country don't even have a fence? Can you imagine what a terrorist could do with that kind of access to the national transportation structure?"
And before anybody accuses me of seeing black helicopters over my house, such a report was already aired about a year ago by Channel 2 in Atlanta. Our intrepid Geraldo wannabe sat outside PDK (large GA airport on the north side of town) and made note of people getting right out of cars and into airplanes... "While you, the public, had to wait hours at Hartsfield, and were searched and screened, these unknown individuals just walked right through..."
The TSA is trying several fronts here. 1) they are attacking in many different directions to overhelm the GA, Bizjets, Mechanics, Airports, etc. and 2) they are modifying the message to lull different subsets into a false sense of security. When we first started, I had a conversation with one of the security guys from an alphabet soup group and told him it was almost as if the TSA came to work, grabbed a cup of coffee and sat around the table going, "What can we screw with now?" He said, "you're right."
Alan and I can't handle it any more, it's too big, by design. We need to you, the GA flying public to organize. We need Block Captains to spread this message to your local EAA chapter, your local airport bums, you local anybody who will listen.
You don't need us, you know this is bad and you know why. Spread the word, flood your local representatives, especially the ones that are for this crap, with negative phone calls.
When LASP II comes, let's triple, quadruple the number of responses from the first time. Tell EAA, AOPA, NBAA there are to be NO DEALS.
We're getting near the end here and need to win this fight, or we will lose so much more than just hanging out at the airport.
I'm afraid this has expanded beyond the 'couple of pages to contact the congress' concept it started as. But the threat keeps growing and, like the hydra, keeps growing new heads.We need to stop this now!Please send the faxes, make the phone calls, be informed...Or you'll only talk about flying in the future
You can also go to the Services Page to get in touch with all the members of various aviation and security subcommittees in the House and Senate.
Lastly, you can write to:
US House of Representatives
Committee on Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20515
And/or
US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
304 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.
20510
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