"Hi, we're from the TSA and we're here to help!"
I cannot imagine what TSA could do that would help an already stressed industry such as general aviation. Adding fences and making small airports look like they should have guard towers with armed Vopos on watch will not help general aviation one bit, you just know that tall fences and "access control" badges are what the Federal Security Goons have in mind. They make airports look like prisons, not places that are welcoming to those interested in learning to fly.
If the TSA really wanted to help general aviation, the word that they are looking for is "seppuku".
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Amen. As someone involved in GA for more than 55 years, I find it hard to see anything attractive about it anymore. Costs have increased far beyond anything I could have imagined. I remember renting an Aeronca with a C65 for $8/hour and paying a CFI $3/hour to help me learn. The first turboprop the company bought was a Cessna 441 for under a million. Today, it would cost 7X that amount. Where will the next generation of aircrews come from?
Seppuku is an honorable end. The TSA should be required to use Wood Chipper Diving as an employment test. Those that survive are hired.
From the endless wars. A minimum-wage pilot job will come with the requirement of 40k hours of multi-engine, with 20k hours of combat flying experience.
Passengers will be stacked like cordwood, naked, and given continuous electric shocks throughout the flight.
Money will be automatically deducted from your account for looking up flight schedules or talking aloud about flying.
Going to look look that.. That was KBED in 12/2001!
KFIT is better IE the fence doesn't have razor wire but you do need a majik badge.
Pilot training is like gun ownership
and ham radio. It familiarizes the civilians with unique skills that the government can tap.. well it used to be that way. Now it's something to be banned unless seen a harmless.
As to where the next generation of aircrews.. Iraq and Afgaistan Vets
most likely.
Eck!
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