Originally Posted by
cgtpilot
Wow calm down. Maybe you should change airlines & come fly on us....we won't lose your bags and unlike our competitors we don't fly RJs so you won't feel like a preztel when you get off. Back on topic, what I'm trying to say is the general public & the TSA see a unchecked threat flying around basically when & where they want to. Do you honestly think that in this age we live in that you will be able to continue that? If you are as secure as you say you are then why can't you fly into DCA, TFRs, etc? There's a reason 121 can & GA pounders can't. Its called a security program & maybe, just maybe if the GA alphabet groups would quit crying foul and take a look at what's being proposed maybe they could actually have one (and have a voice in crafting). Then when you have an airport under a slot/TFR/whatever you won't have to hold while we keep driving. By the way, I don't care for the TSA either but they could have just dropped this on your plate WITHOUT any whining & crying so the GA crowd probably better come up with some ideas rather than scream STATUS QUO. I flew pax part 135 for several years so yes I'm also very familiar with 135 "security procedures".
cgt, your comments are absurd. First of all, the TSA could not have dropped this in our lap without any comments from the public. This proposal was written up in the Federal Register in Washington, DC. It had a required comment period of 60 days that expired in December but got so much flak that the comment period was extended to Feb. 27, 2009. This is a ridiculous proposal that needs to go away.
There is no need to have our passenger lists verified against some database when we know who all our passengers are. Can you imagine how much a third party, who has a monopoly on the ga database checking market could charge to continually check our 1000 employees to make sure they're not terriorists. Just this alone could cost into the six figures per year, who knows the cost but it could very easily be substaitial and detrimental to some corporate operators.