-----Forwarded Message----- From: Newsletter EAA fivethreethree Sent: Sep 15, 2004 7:21 AM FYI. Note: forwarded message attached. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail[1] - 100MB free storage! --- Links --- 1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/hm/100/evt=26230/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html X-Apparently-To: eaa533news@xxxxxxxxx via 216.136.226.84; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:03:51 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [209.83.100.102] Return-Path: <kphillip@xxxxxxx> Received: from 209.83.100.102 (EHLO ASCENSION.eagles.internal.eaa.org) (209.83.100.102) by mta111.mail.dcn.yahoo.com with SMTP; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:03:48 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: EAA e-Alert Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:03:34 -0500 X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: EAA e-Alert thread-index: AcSZszgSutTmfBugSqOeOdRT4FqThgAADbVg From: "EAA Government Programs" <govt@xxxxxxx> Sender: "Kathy Phillip" <kphillip@xxxxxxx> Content-Length: 1505 > EAA URGES MEMBERS TO OPPOSE OUTRAGEOUS HOUSE BILL THAT WOULD SEVERELY = RESTRICT GENERAL AVIATION EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - (Sept. 9, = 2004) - The Experimental Aircraft Association is urging its members and = all aviation enthusiasts to contact their Congressional representatives = and strongly oppose a newly introduced bill by Rep. Anthony Weiner = (D-N.Y.)=20 > This bill (H.R. 5035) would require the Department of Homeland = Security to create a method of screening all passengers and property on = each flight of all passenger aircraft in the U.S., including general = aviation aircraft of all types. It would also prohibit any non-airline = aircraft from flying within 1,500 feet of any structure or building, and = prohibit non-airline aircraft from flying over any U.S. city with a = population of 1 million or more. It would further require that pilots of = all aircraft in U.S. airspace remain in contact with the Federal = Aviation Administration, presumably by radio, regardless of altitude or = location. > "The extreme shortsightedness of this bill speaks for itself and = completely counters the government's own security experts, who have = continually stated that general aviation does not pose a significant = security threat to the U.S.," said Doug Macnair, EAA's vice president of = government relations. "It's sad that the solemn anniversary of the 9/11 = terrorist attacks is being used to introduce this bill, which does = nothing to enhance security and smacks of election-year grandstanding." > With 17,000 landing facilities and nearly 200,000 aircraft in the = United States, EAA maintains that it is inconceivable that the = Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FAA could ever fund and = administer such a plan. DHS and the Transportation Security = Administration have repeatedly indicated that general aviation does not = warrant such levels of security when compared to other transportation = modes and threats. > "We as a nation need to focus our limited resources on the most = serious vulnerabilities and threats to our security," Macnair added. = "TSA has made extensive studies of those threats and nowhere has that = agency ever suggested such draconian measures as those proposed in this = bill." > EAA members and others can express their opposition to this bill to = their congressional representatives by finding their contact information = at <http://www.house.gov>. EAA immediately contacted members of the = House Aviation Subcommittee to state its extreme opposition to this = legislation. > EAA, The Leader in Recreational Aviation, is an international = association with 170,000 members and 1,000 local Chapters. To join EAA = or for more information on EAA and its programs, call 1-800-JOIN-EAA = (1-800-564-6322) or go to <http://www.eaa.org>.=20 >=20 >=20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - NEW!- See HHSC Calendar on-line at http://www.calsnet.net/hhsc - NEW! For address changes or deletion from this e-mail list, contact "webmaster[at_sign]harrishillsoaring.org". To send a message to all HHSC subscribers, simply address an e-mail to "hhsc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx". - - - - - - - - - - - - -