[JYO] Boyer promises to continue fight against problematic ADIZs in NY and Washington

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Boyer promises to continue fight against problematic ADIZs in New York and 
Washington

Apr. 16 — "Now that the security threat level has dropped to ‘yellow,’ 
we’
re going to demand that government remove first the New York and then the 
Washington ADIZ." AOPA President Phil Boyer made that promise for swift, 
strong action Monday night during a Pilot Town Meeting for New York-area 
pilots. "With the war in Iraq ending, it’s not a matter of if, but when the 
threat level will lowered." 

"These restricted flying areas are an operational disaster," Boyer said. "If 
they really worked as intended, pilots wouldn't be inadvertently violating 
them, controllers wouldn't be overworked, and aircraft would be flying rather 
than sitting on the ground trying to get a clearance."

Pilots' problems operating in the air defense identification zone (ADIZ) was 
one of the hot topics for the meeting held near Teterboro Airport in New 
Jersey. Some 91% of the more than 400 pilots attending the meeting said the 
New York ADIZ had impacted their flying.

Pilots cited long delays in obtaining clearances to fly in the ADIZ, which 
encompasses the entire "Mode C veil" (30 nautical miles around Kennedy, La 
Guardia, and Newark) and impacts 27 public-use landing facilities. (The 
Washington ADIZ covers some 23,000 square miles around Baltimore, Washington, 
and Dulles International Airport and impacts some 23 public-use facilities.)

Other pilots complained about the difficulty in understanding the operating 
rules. And a surprising number, some 73%, said they weren't comfortable that 
they had received all notams pertaining to restricted airspace when they 
obtained their preflight briefings.

While FAA recently adopted an AOPA suggestion to use a single transponder 
code for aircraft flying in the traffic pattern at towered airports, 91% of 
the pilots in the audience felt that should be expanded to nontowered 
airports as well, to ease the burden on flight schools and flight training 
activities.

And 100% of the pilots promised they would support an AOPA “call to action” 
if the ADIZs are not removed now that the security threat level is reduced.

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