Phil Boyer, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has a great response to the latest fear-mongering over the Liddle crash. It’s addressed mostly at Mayor Dailey in Chicago, but also takes swipes at other General Aviation (GA) bashers like Hillary Clinton.
AOPA Online – Enough is enough
You know, for a Republican, New York’s Mayor Bloomberg is a pretty good guy. And he’s also a pilot with more ratings and experience than me. When he says that GA is not a threat to his city, why can’t other people, especially New York Senators and Congresscritters listen to him?
Excellent. Really. Some one should send it to Hillary.
I read Boyer’s piece on my way home from work yesterday. I had the mixed feelings of thinking it was both brilliant and pointless. On the AOPA web page, he’s preaching to the choir. That’s why I intend to read his nice little rant on my next podcast 😉 Here’s hoping others get it out to the general public as well.
I immediately expected Daley would be all over this and use the situation to once again spew his misguided rants about GA. I see I wasn’t dissapointed.
That aside, the FAA restrictions now in place over NYC have “kneejerk” written all over them.