[JYO] Leesburg Pilots... a note from Lee Schiek

For those of you who attended the ADIZ public hearings in January, you'll  
recall that the FAA panel moderator started each session by explaining to us  
that the verbatim transcript of all testimony would be posted on the DMS  
website, as well as be available for hardcopy purchase.  For a short  period, 
the verbatim testimony transcript was in fact available  online.

It is now missing from the website in its entirety, nor is it  available for 
hardcopy purchase.

I have been advised by FAA reps that  the complete removal of this 
documentation was done at the initiative of the  Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA).  The alleged purpose of  this action is to review the 
material for Security Sensitive Information  (SSI).  I have been unable to 
locate a government rep who can say when,  or IF, this public documentation 
will return to the public  domain.

Keep in mind that every word of every sentence of every  presentation was 
spoken in the presence of multiple TSA representatives who  were either on 
the hearing panel or in the room.  Soon after, the  transcripts were posted 
on the DMS website addressing NPRM 17005.  A  few weeks later, TSA decided to 
retract all the information from public  access.

The fact that TSA is an out of control dysfunctional agency is a  given, so 
it may be just another example of their on-going bufoonery.   On the other 
hand, this could be an attempt to rewrite history to minimize  the public 
record sentiment regarding the ADIZ.  In any event, since  its inception, TSA 
has consistently demonstrated their inability to do the  right thing, and 
this latest example should not go unchallenged.

If  you're as outraged over this institutional arrogance as I am, I invite 
you  to express your views to Mr. Tony Fazio, FAA Office of Rulemaking, at:  
202-267-9677.  You might even try to locate the appropriate troid  within the 
TSA who is aware of this issue....(Good luck.... Been there-done  that.)

Lee Schiek, Mgr/CGS

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