Busting TFR's.
Avweb reports....
According to data obtained from the FAA by AOPA, there have been 6,658 Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) violations between Sept. 11, 2001, and the end of last month. Broken down even further, 1,632 of these infringements are presidential TFR busts and another 3,254 are due to "Washington, D.C. security-related" breaches, AOPA said. Some 2,672 of the Washington violations are related to pilots straying into the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) surrounding the nation's capital. The good news is that Washington ADIZ busts are trending downward, an AOPA spokesman told AVweb. Late last year, the FAA introduced a D.C. ADIZ training course, which might account for the decline in these violations.
Thats a staggering figure. I'm glad it's on the decline...
As one wise pilot told me, "I'm glad I'm not one of them".
According to data obtained from the FAA by AOPA, there have been 6,658 Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) violations between Sept. 11, 2001, and the end of last month. Broken down even further, 1,632 of these infringements are presidential TFR busts and another 3,254 are due to "Washington, D.C. security-related" breaches, AOPA said. Some 2,672 of the Washington violations are related to pilots straying into the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) surrounding the nation's capital. The good news is that Washington ADIZ busts are trending downward, an AOPA spokesman told AVweb. Late last year, the FAA introduced a D.C. ADIZ training course, which might account for the decline in these violations.
Thats a staggering figure. I'm glad it's on the decline...
As one wise pilot told me, "I'm glad I'm not one of them".
posted by Neil at
11:10 AM
2 Comments:
Yes but....all of the training, paperwork, headcount, military resources, the expense involved in supporting these TFRs from GA aircraft, seems to me to be the pefect example of a bureaucracy gone nuts.
Yes but....all of the training, paperwork, headcount, military resources, the expense involved in supporting these TFRs from GA aircraft, seems to me to be the pefect example of a bureaucracy gone nuts.
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