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United States Pilots Association |
The most recent edition of ipilot.com tells of the imminent closure of numerous NDB, ILS, and VOR/DME approaches around the country by the FAA. Five years ago the same tactic was tried and defeated with the help of USPA's intervention. Now we have another pilot organization supporting these closures. It sounds to me just like the "Immigration Reform" bill that was just defeated because every Senator and Congressman/woman was made aware by their constituents of their overwhelming disapproval of that bill. So, of course, after the bill was defeated, Congress tried to come back and piecemeal amnesty for certain trades. It, too, lost.
Remember the cries of outrage earlier this summer when the state department of Homeland Security mandated passports for everyone flying or boating into our country. The only problem was the government could not get the passports issued in a timely fashion. Now we have a good idea why. The names of those who applied for passports was run through a national data base to find out who owed child support payments. They did not get their passports until they paid up. Now I have no problem with making these deadbeats pay up. I have a major problem with using the federal government to do this. What's next? Does somebody who owes a traffic fine get rejected until he pays? What about parking tickets? Did you know in the City of El Paso, TX, over 20% of the entire population have warrants out for their arrest because of overdue traffic fines?
I for one am sick and tired of the political correctness being forced down our throats. Let your elected officials know that as we put them into their jobs, we can vote them out just as easily.
One more item. When Marion Blakey departs the pattern in September, we are going to get yet another woman who is not a pilot, does not understand the problems we face, and will probably continue down the same road as her two previous administrators. God help us all.
Steve Uslan, President
United States Pilots Association