I was doing some flying a couple of weekends ago (as a passenger, not a pilot), and I took some photos during the trip, http://web.ncf.ca/fm536/moreflightphotos/index.html]just as I usually do.
We didn't undergo any background checks before the flights. We didn't have to ask for special permission to make the flights. We didn't have to file flight plans far in advance; in fact, my pilot usually files flight plans by phone less than a quarter-hour before takeoff.
And nobody blinked an eye because of these flights. But if we'd tried this in Washington, or Delhi, or London, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fly_zone]we'd be in big trouble.
What's the rationale for putting "no-fly zones" around public buildings? Especially in what are supposed to be free countries? (It isn't as if saying "no, you can't fly there" is going to stop a terrorist.) I can understand putting flight restrictions around spaceports or military live-fire ranges for the safety of the pilots, but why limit access to government buildings or sports venues that anyone can approach on the ground?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
We didn't undergo any background checks before the flights. We didn't have to ask for special permission to make the flights. We didn't have to file flight plans far in advance; in fact, my pilot usually files flight plans by phone less than a quarter-hour before takeoff.
And nobody blinked an eye because of these flights. But if we'd tried this in Washington, or Delhi, or London, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fly_zone]we'd be in big trouble.
What's the rationale for putting "no-fly zones" around public buildings? Especially in what are supposed to be free countries? (It isn't as if saying "no, you can't fly there" is going to stop a terrorist.) I can understand putting flight restrictions around spaceports or military live-fire ranges for the safety of the pilots, but why limit access to government buildings or sports venues that anyone can approach on the ground?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012