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The EAA needs to take a tough line with this jerk (the same guy who referred to
general aviation as "a ticking time bomb").

EAA to Kohl: stop trying to destroy general aviation, or we will do everything
in our power to make you pay the political price.

EAA should find someone to run against him.
"Senator Poberezny"?

C J Campbell wrote:

> http://msnbc.com/news/760530.asp
>
> Here is an idea. We make passengers go through metal detectors before they
> board a charter Skyhawk. We make them check their baggage. Then we put their
> baggage in the storage area behind their seats! Woo-hoo! Arent we safe now?
> Or we make them all leave their baggage behind. Brilliant!
>
> The vast majority of charter aircraft dont have separate baggage
> compartments. Senator Kohl says he flies charter airplanes around his state
> all the time, and he is appalled by the lack of security. He says that
> proposals for limiting screening to big charter aircraft, such as those over
> 12,500 lbs or 15 passengers, leave this big loophole for small planes. Oh,
> really? Why doesnt he take the airlines, then? Could it be that they dont
> fly to airports that cant afford his desired level of security? Could it be
> that he doesnt like to check his luggage? Perhaps he doesnt want his
> fingernail clippers confiscated?
>
> I have a better idea. Any knothead who publicly supports this idea -- lets
> give him what he wants. We refuse to carry him on security grounds. Make him
> fly the Part 121 airlines. Or we make him leave his baggage at home. When he
> arrives at his destination we just tell him that his baggage was left behind
> because it contained dangerous items.
>
> Betcha the guys in Alaska are going to love this. "Uh, sir, before I fly you
> in my Supercub out to shoot that trophy mountain goat, you are going to have
> to leave your rifle here. We cant take it on the plane." "Maam, we can
> resupply your college group out there in the canyon, but I am afraid we
> cant take the medical supplies or kitchen knives you asked for."
>
> And I suppose the pilots will have to go through security, too. "George, you
> are going to have to leave your kneeboard here."
>
> --
> Christopher J. Campbell
> Certificated Flight Instructor, Instrument and Multiengine Airplane
> Port Orchard, WA

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