Well this one is getting out of hand! I've seen a few "valid" arguments either way (didn't know there were two sides to this debate in these forums), but here's why I support AOPA's stance and their lobbying: I'm a RW GA pilot in the US. My education has literally depended on GA. Naturally I'll support the contenders in GA's corner. Ron summed up that point nicely.

Sorry if this offends you ....

It doesn't offend me: it just disappoints me when people think it's reasonable to make assertions without bothering to provide any evidence themselves to support them.

It doesn't offend me: it just disappoints me when people think it's reasonable to make assertions without bothering to provide any evidence themselves to support them.

Sorry if it disappoints you but there is ample evidence to support my position but as before I will not force feed you or do your homework for you.Do your homework or not as you see fit ....This is not an ethereal or merely intellectual discussion as it has real impact on a real industry with real peoples liberties effected.

This is not an ethereal or merely intellectual discussion as it has real impact on a real industry with real peoples liberties effected.

All the more reason to make a reasoned case, surely?

All the more reason to make a reasoned case, surely?

Or verify for yourself...surely?

Mgh, I am not sure what purpose this latest path you've embarked on serves, but your specific question about what governmental intervention/regulation/intrustion have been placed was answered back on page 3. I will copy and post the list of items again here in case you somehow are unable to view that post. Closing of DCA to general aviation for several months.SFRAGreatly increased TFRssecurity class requirementsaccess restrictionsHope this helps.

I am annoyed how 'our' president is continually making an attack on business jet owners and the people that support them. Without them I wouldn't be flying the aircraft. I wouldn't have had a line service job. I wouldn't have anyone that wanted flight instruction so they could own their own aircraft. Lastly without these jobs I would've had no money to pay taxes for all these stupid programs he is proposing. 2012 will not come soon enough! I don't think there is a short bus short enough for 'our' man in charge.

I am annoyed how 'our' president is continually making an attack on business jet owners and the people that support them. Without them I wouldn't be flying the aircraft. I wouldn't have had a line service job. I wouldn't have anyone that wanted flight instruction so they could own their own aircraft. Lastly without these jobs I would've had no money to pay taxes for all these stupid programs he is proposing. 2012 will not come soon enough! I don't think there is a short bus short enough for 'our' man in charge.

The GA Industry which includes Corporate Jet manufacturing is but a shell of what it was before the present adminstration began its "fundamental transformation of the United States of America."The most recent political comments from the President have harmed rather than helped the Industry...

The most recent political comments from the President have harmed rather than helped the Industry...

All of which is bitterly ironic coming as it does from one of the world's most highly visible "corporate jet user..."

Would you rather wait until until there is an actual attack using GA? Can you image what the response then would be? Far worse than a warning notice. I now nothing about charges in the US but Imagine, as always, there will be two sides to the argument. Who twisted Exxon's arm to force it to stop selling GA fuel? Maybe it decided it could get a better return elsewhere.

Trucks have been used for attacks many times, yet I still see them everywhere. The bomb in Oslo was even placed in a regular van. You can fit a lot more explosives into a van than something like a Cessna, and it's easier for someone to drive it close to a crowd of people without raising suspicions. I'm not even going to get in to guns, which is a whole different can of worms.. But suffice to say, I think more people have died as a result of attacks with guns than attacks with Cessnas.

Trucks have been used for attacks many times, yet I still see them everywhere. The bomb in Oslo was even placed in a regular van. You can fit a lot more explosives into a van than something like a Cessna, and it's easier for someone to drive it close to a crowd of people without raising suspicions. I'm not even going to get in to guns, which is a whole different can of worms.. But suffice to say, I think more people have died as a result of attacks with guns than attacks with Cessnas.

Did you understand what I actually wrote? Or do you really believe that if a GA aircraft were to be flown into a tower in New York no additional restrictions would be applied to GA operations?