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Posted for "Brian Barbata" <barbatab001@hawaii.rr.com>:

Further to the comments on today s list about the race, the AOPA reports that the FAA will allow IFR general aviation flights after the threat is diminished, and VFR flights within 48 hours after that. So, it appears it will be at least several days until IFR or VFR flight are allowed. I also understand that the first flights (the first couple of days?) will be screened for necessity, meaning that recreational flights may be restricted even longer. As someone said, it is out of our hands for now.

 Has anyone thought about the possibility that the FAA could come to the conclusion (pressed by the security agencies), that there is no good reason to deal with the risk of small airplanes flying around? What would keep them from grounding Part 91 for a long time, just so they can focus on other things? Much as I would hate it, I have to admit they could develop airtight logic on that one. Under the theory that any small aircraft could be full of explosives, the only thing they could do would be to ground us all equally. Any airplane moving on the ground at secured airports would be stopped by security. Airplanes lifting off other airports would do so with the understanding that, once detected, they would be immediately shot down. Sure, a terrorist could defeat these measures, but the point is, the FAA could easily accede to them. Let s hope they don t go there.

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