Originally Posted by
web500sjc
First going through a MOA is not a bad thing. a) the MOA will always be on the chart whether the MOA is active or not, b) the MOA is only designed to separate out IFR traffic and give warning to VFR traffic. You could fly VFR through a MOA all day if you want to, and sometimes ATC can coordinate with the military to get an IFR aircraft through a MOA.
You
can fly through an active MOA all day if you want. You can also dress up in all camouflage and run through the woods during hunting season if you want. It's legal, but you're just as stupid for doing it. Anyone who thinks that there is some magic force keeping a student fighter pilot flying at 500 kts, task saturated (often by design), from running into you, you're putting too much faith into a system that may not exist. Many MOAs are uncontrolled and there's no one warning the fighters that you are some place no one thinks a sane person should be.