[JYO] AOPA asks for Washington ADIZ suspension

Feb. 27 — The federal government today reduced the terrorist threat level 
from "orange" to "yellow," or "elevated risk of terrorist attack." The 
Department of Homeland Security said that the decision was based on careful 
review of the specific intelligence that had first led to raising the level 
on February 7, new counter-terrorism measures, and the end of the Hajj, a 
Muslim religious period.

While changing the threat level doesn't directly affect pilot operations in 
most parts of the nation, pilots are still urged to remain vigilant for 
suspicious activities at airports. (See <A 
HREF="http://www.aopa.org/asn/watchindex.shtml";>AOPA's Airport Watch</A> for 
more 
information.)

In the Washington, D.C., area, AOPA has already contacted high-ranking FAA 
and TSA officials to urge suspension of the <A 
HREF="http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-1-063x.html";>Washington 
Air Defense 
Identification Zone</A>.

"The government used the 'orange' threat level as justification for 
implementing the ADIZ," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "Now that the threat 
has been reduced, so should the airspace restrictions."

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