Stop LASP
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 by clicking on the picture.
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.
13,000+ have visited so far, thank you for the support
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You may have seen the EAA and AOPA, et al, notices that the TSA kinda sorta got beat about the head and shoulders and is willing to talk to "interested parties" about maybe sorta changing the NPRM.
Our stance here is Part 91 has still demonstrated NO threat to National Security and shouldn't be treated as such. There should be no restrictions on Part 91 aviation regardless of the weight.
Keep those faxes and phone calls coming.
Thanks again for your help.
Aviation Subcommittees -- these are the guys that really count, so if you local representative is one of them; please send the letter at the bottom of the page.
AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE
Congressman, Russ Carnahan
1710 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC, 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2671
Fax: (202) 225-7452--------------------------------------------
Congressman Parker Griffith
417 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4801
Fax: (202) 225-4392------------------------------------------
Congressman Michael E. McMahon
323 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3371
Fax: (202) 226-1272------------------------------------------
Congressman Peter A. DeFazio
2134 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington DC, 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6416Fax: (202) 225-0032
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
2136 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
p: (202) 225-8050
f: (202) 225-3002------------------------------------------
Congressman Bob Filner
2428 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8045
Fax: (202) 225-9073---------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
1511 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515Phone: (202) 225-8885
Fax: (202) 226-1477----------------------------------------------
Congressman Leonard L. Boswell
1427 Longworth House Office Building,
District of Columbia 20515-1503
Phone: (202) 225-3806
Fax: (202) 225-5608-------------------------------------------------
Congressman Tim Holden
2417 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5546
FAX: (202) 226-0996
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Congressman Michael E. Capuano
1414 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515Phone (202) 225-5111
Fax (202) 225-9322
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Congressman Daniel Lipinski
1717 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515Phone: (202) 225-5701
Fax: (202) 225-1012--------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono
1524 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone:(202)225-4906
Fax:(202)225-4987----------------------------------------------------
Congressman Harry E. Mitchell
1410 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515Telephone 202-225-2190
Fax: 202-225-3263
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Congressman John J. Hall
1217 Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5441
Fax: (202) 225-3289--------------------------------------------------
Congressman Steve Cohen
1005 Longworth House
Office Building
Washington, DC 20515Phone: (202) 225-3265
Fax: (202) 225-5663-----------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Laura A. Richardson
2233 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515Phone: (202) 225-7924
Fax: (202) 225-7926)
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Congressman John A. Boccieri
1516 Longworth HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3876
Fax: (202) 225-3059--------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Nick J. Rahall, II
2307 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3452Fax: (202)-225-9061
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Congresswoman Corrine Brown
2336 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-0123
Fax: (202) 225-2256----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
2235 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. , 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4741
Fax: (202) 225-3178
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Congresswoman Ellen O. Tauscher
2459 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
p: 202.225.1880
f: 202.225.5914-----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Jason Altmire
332 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
ph: 202-225-2565
fx: 202-226-2274------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz
2110 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-7742 tel
(202) 226-1134 fax-------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Mark H. Schauer
1408 Longworth HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6276
Fax: (202) 225-6281------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman James L. Oberstar
2365 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6211Fax: (202) 225-0699
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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
(Includes list above)
Congressman Lynn Westmoreland
1213 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5901
Fax: 202-225-2515-------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Jerry F. Costello
2408 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515Phone: (202) 225-5661
Fax: (202) 225-0285--------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Jerrold Nadler
2334 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel. 202-225-5635Fax: 202-225-6923
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Congressman Gene Taylor
2269 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5772
Fax: (202) 225-7074-----------------------------------------------------
Congressman Brian Baird
2350 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3536
Fax: (202) 225-3478-----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Rick Larsen
108 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2605
Fax: (202) 225-4420-----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Timothy H. Bishop
306 Cannon H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3826
Fax: (202) 225-3143-----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Michael H. Michaud
1724 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-1902
Phone: 202-225-6306
Fax: 202-225-2943-----------------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
1610 Longworth Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5256
Fax: 202-225-0027
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Congressman Timothy Walz
1722 Longworth House
Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-2472Fax: 202-225-3433
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Congressman Heath Shuler
422 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone:(202) 225-6401
Fax: (202) 226-6422-------------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Michael A. Arcuri
127 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-3665
Fax: 202-225-1891-------------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Christopher P. Carney
416 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Ph: (202) 225-3731
Fx: (202) 225-9594------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Steve Kagen
1232 Longworth HOB
Washington DC 20515
ph: (202) 225-5665
fx: (202) 225-5729-------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Albio Sires
1024 Longworth
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-7919
Fax: 202-226-0792-------------------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards
318 Canon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8699
Fax: (202) 225-8714---------------------------------------------------------
Congressman John L. Mica
2313 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4035
Fax: (202) 226-0821-----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Don Young
2407 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5961Fax: (202) 225-0764
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Congressman Thomas E. Petri
2462 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel: 202-225-2476
Fax: 202-225-2356
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Congressman Howard Coble
2468 Rayburn Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515Phone: (202) 225-3065
Fax: (202) 225-8611-----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.
2207 Rayburn Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5435
Fax: (202) 225-6440--------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Vernon Ehlers
2182 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
voice (202) 225-3831
fax (202) 225-5144--------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo
2427 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-6572 (phone),
(202) 225-3318 (fax)---------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Jerry Moran
2202 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
P: (202) 225-2715
F: (202) 225-5124------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Gary G. Miller
2205 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
phone: 202-225-2095
fax: 202-225-5609----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Henry E. Brown
103 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3176
Fax: (202) 225-3407---------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Timothy Johnson
1207 Longworth HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
ph: (202) 225-2371
fax: (202) 226-0791-------------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Todd Russell Platts
2455 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5836
Fax: (202) 226-1000------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Sam Graves
1415 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-7041
Fax: (202) 225-8221-------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Bill Shuster
204 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202.225.2431
Fax: 202.225.2486--------------------------------------------------
Congressman John Boozman
1519 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4301
Fax: (202) 225-5713
________Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito
1431 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2711
Fax: (202) 225-7856------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Jim Gerlach
308 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202.225.4315 tel
202.225.8440 fax-----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
2244 Rayburn House
Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202)225-4211
Fax: (202)225-8576----------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Charles W. Dent
1009 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
phone: 202-225-6411
fax: 202-226-0778------------------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Connie Mack
104 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Tel: 202-225-5330
Fax: 202-225-2961
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Congressman Charles W. Boustany
1117 Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515-1807
Phone: (202) 225-2031Fax: (202) 225-5724
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Congresswoman Jean Schmidt
238 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-3164
Fax: (202) 225-1992--------------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Candice S. Miller
228 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-2106
Fax: (202) 226-1169---------------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Mary Fallin
1432 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel: (202) 225-2132
Fax: (202) 226-1463
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Congressman Vern Buchanan
218 Cannon HOB
Washington DC 20515
ph: (202) 225-5015
fx: (202) 226-0828------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Robert E. Latta
1531 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6405
Fax: (202) 225-1985
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Congressman Steve Scalise
429 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3015
Fax: (202) 226-0386--------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Brett Guthrie
1510 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 35015
Phone: 202-225-3501
Fax: 202-226-2019
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Congressman Aaron Schock
509 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6201
Fax: (202) 225-9249--------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Phil Hare
428 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5905
Fax: (202) 225-5396-------------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Betsy Markey
1229 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-4676
202-225-5870
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Congressman Thomas S.P. Perriello
1520 Longworth HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4711
Fax: (202) 225-5681------------------------------------------------------
Congresswoman Dina Titus
319 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3252
Fax: (202) 225-2185-------------------------------------------------------
Congressman Harry Teague
1007 Longworth HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2365
Fax: (202) 225-9599
Dear Congressman/Senator:
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has embarked on an assault against the general aviation community. In a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) no less than 260 pages long, the TSA has proposed a host of sweeping rules and regulations that will cripple the general aviation community. Private owners of aircraft over 12,500 (an arbitrary weight chosen by the TSA) will now have to have flight crew background checks, security training, the requirement to obtain permission from TSA to carry passengers aboard the aircraft through a watch list supervisor, the designation of an aircraft security coordinator, an in flight security coordinator and a ground security coordinator, the TSA rule will require private citizens to undergo auditing at their own expense. The auditors will then send reports to the TSA, and the TSA will determine whether or not the aircraft operator is or is not in regulatory compliance. The carriage of personally owned tools and equipment aboard private aircraft will be prohibited unless they are placed in an inaccessible cargo hold under the control of the in flight security coordinator.
The elements outlined above in the TSA proposed rule demonstrates that the TSA has no understanding of general aviation. Apparently, it thinks that private aviation or general aviation is just like the operation of an airline which is engaged in common carriage. There is a remarkable distinction. General aviation pilots almost invariably know their passengers. There is no need for them to have their passengers cleared through the TSA. The owners and operators of these aircraft are almost without exception very successful and accomplished people, yet with the stroke of a pen, the TSA has deemed these people "security threats."
America is in the midst of a recession. Like other segments of the economy, the aviation community is struggling. Allowing this TSA rule to become final may signal the death nell for many segments of the general aviation community and corporations using these aircraft as a whole.
I implore you to put a stop to this misadventure by the TSA and make sure that its Large Aircraft Security Program is terminated permanently.
Respectfully,
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