tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8230973024139063904..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Private Pilot Nearly Shot Down for Violating "Secret No-Fly Zone"Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3297174602138136292013-01-17T22:02:54.031-05:002013-01-17T22:02:54.031-05:00What a duffus! Who in their right mind would glid...What a duffus! Who in their right mind would glide over =Foukashima,BEFORE OR AFTER? If he had had a home made bomb on board you'd be thanking the team that nabbed him. I've lived near a plant on a lake and anyone knew not to dangle over the frickin' nuclear plant. It makes my hair stand up on the back of my neck picturing this. I can't believe you guys! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18904310897569595662013-01-16T11:49:09.020-05:002013-01-16T11:49:09.020-05:00Um... not a lawyer but any signature given under d...Um... not a lawyer but any signature given under duress (threat of imprisonment, for example) shouldn't be worth the ink its signed in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78935706567005966812013-01-16T07:19:45.161-05:002013-01-16T07:19:45.161-05:00I work in the nuclear power industry. The plants a...I work in the nuclear power industry. The plants aren't no fly zones per se. They are temporarily restricted airspace. I'm not sure of the exact wording, but basically you have to inform the plant in advance of your flight plans or you are considered to be a security threat. You can't just fly over them, just like you can't simply walk into them. Nuke plants are surrounded by Jaspernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4074971468084012442013-01-16T01:17:01.317-05:002013-01-16T01:17:01.317-05:00When people claim we don't have a police state...When people claim we don't have a police state or ask why we "need" self loading ar 15 rifles, this is the perfect counter example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12228714444571721422013-01-16T01:16:16.794-05:002013-01-16T01:16:16.794-05:00Really? Did anyone get screenshots?Really? Did anyone get screenshots?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10009853106433743192013-01-16T00:23:22.551-05:002013-01-16T00:23:22.551-05:00All true, but the question is whether any of those...All true, but the question is whether any of those were in place at that location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10307374757135463302013-01-15T18:35:39.094-05:002013-01-15T18:35:39.094-05:00Good thing he wasn't Muslim or he would have f...Good thing he wasn't Muslim or he would have found himself on a Landmark Aviation charter flight to Guantanamo Bay. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071531970635929325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63500399448964121032013-01-15T17:38:10.797-05:002013-01-15T17:38:10.797-05:00Well, I wouldn't jump to any conclusions. The...Well, I wouldn't jump to any conclusions. The commenter's who wrote about TFR's and NOTAM's have it right.<br /><br />I left the airlines, where I was a line captain, and had served as a check airman and company instructor too with 15,000 hours.<br /><br />Before the airlines I did corporate and before that taught. I had a lot of 70 year old students. Not to stereo type, but Davoshttp://www.psychopathiceconomics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14663522470380481142013-01-15T17:36:57.426-05:002013-01-15T17:36:57.426-05:00Was he put on double secret probation?Was he put on double secret probation?Lee Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11254842261338255019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25620350991872787182013-01-15T17:20:54.885-05:002013-01-15T17:20:54.885-05:00The only problem with invoking the lawyer card, is...The only problem with invoking the lawyer card, is that under the new rules for non-combatant arrests, is that he could be held indefinitely without contact to the outside world. Good thing he was up with a group of people, otherwise this could have gone another way... no witnesses, no victim - right?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365578574023332376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6218546164518608302013-01-15T16:52:31.038-05:002013-01-15T16:52:31.038-05:00I doubt any document signed would hold up due to d...I doubt any document signed would hold up due to duress. The lack of the area being marked on the charts violates due process unless there was a TFR, NOTAM. Etc.. With the new 'pilots bill of rights' he should have a go at them. Intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault, battery, kidnapping, , any damage to the glider or getting it back to his airport, etc. to name a few. He Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35615632184721197752013-01-15T16:40:49.228-05:002013-01-15T16:40:49.228-05:00Arrested for violating a "secret" no fly...Arrested for violating a "secret" no fly zone??? Clearly the inmates have escaped from the asylum. Government has now reached the point of total absurdity, and is just in the fucking way. Time to dismantle this farce, and let them do something they are qualified for. Picking fly shit out of pepper comes to mind... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44808985109502812672013-01-15T16:36:05.492-05:002013-01-15T16:36:05.492-05:00What I should have also added is, that in the case...What I should have also added is, that in the case of Disney, this is almost certainly just a crony capitalistic use of a tragedy with resulting national "security concerns" to keep airplane noise away from the customers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59457147310455776252013-01-15T15:51:24.086-05:002013-01-15T15:51:24.086-05:00While we can quibble about semantics, there are lo...While we can quibble about semantics, there are lots of "no-fly" zones in the U.S. -- especially since 9/11 -- where you can theoretically be shot down if you violate the zone. You will certainly be greeted by the "authorities" if you violate the space, and they can catch you (which, usually, they can -- it's difficult to outrun radar unless you're close to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35568073727983035002013-01-15T15:38:28.770-05:002013-01-15T15:38:28.770-05:00but he was required to sign a document promising t... but he was required to sign a document promising that he wouldn’t file a lawsuit against the officials who had illegally detained him.<br /><br />Surely that wouldn't stand up in any court, would it?Josiahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51431718239966701432013-01-15T15:31:40.179-05:002013-01-15T15:31:40.179-05:00When the Darlington County Sheriffs office was cal...When the Darlington County Sheriffs office was called out on their FaceBook page posts were deleted, and then it was removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53690081176280434242013-01-15T15:31:07.050-05:002013-01-15T15:31:07.050-05:00"Fleming was informed that he had violated a ..."Fleming was informed that he had violated a “secret no-fly zone.” "<br /><br />Why the hell should he have known he was violating a "secret no-fly zone"?<br />It's SECRET!!!Tonynoreply@blogger.com