Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Will Obama's visit ground local operator during visit to Martha's Vineyard?

Boy, that would be a bummer? This has been a cold year for the island as it is. With a short summer and troubled economy, 10 days of no-fly TFRs would hurt local operations. AN open mind would permit some choices here. For example, the government can say 'sorry' and do what they have to do. The government could implement some sort of security plan that would restrict flights in and around the island to approved operations using a security coding scheme similar to three airports within the DC area (costly for one 10-day trip). However, the procedures could be repeatable for other future occassions at other locations. The government could take the money it would use to pay for such a complex security operation and hand it over to local FBOs, compensating them for their loss. Yeh, right!

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