CNN/AP: Private planes fly back to Reagan Washington National Airport

[DeepModem Mom]

Private planes fly back to National
Tuesday, October 18, 2005


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Private aviation returned to Reagan Washington National Airport Tuesday, more than four years after restrictions were imposed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

The first aircraft arrived at the airport across the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey about 7 a.m. EDT and taxied through a water arch formed by two fire trucks.

The flight was permitted after the Transportation Security Administration introduced rigorous new rules which require passengers and crew members to undergo background checks.

A certified armed security officer also must accompany each flight, and some trips require a federal sky marshal. Flights also have to land first at one of 12 gateway airports....

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....some people oppose opening the airport to private planes. They argue that it will be harder to differentiate planes that have permission to fly within the restricted airspace over Washington from those that don't have permission....


http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/10/18/national.airport.ap/index.html

[HereSince1628]

1. Bottom line is Corporate Flights return to RWNA.

Every Cessna pilot I know can afford to have a certified security guard fly with them...Not.

[ToolTex]

2. This only makes sense from a convenience standpoint.

If almost all your arch-enemies spend lots of their time flying in and out of the hive but are restricted to commercial, you're missing all those great opportunities to cull down their numbers to controllable amounts.

Private aviation into National (I refuse to use that new name) is the efficient answer to keeping the Enemies List below 100 single spaced pages.