February 18
In the USA Commercial Airline Pilots are now on the record as been the 4th largest Law Enforcement Agency In America
 "The Federal Flight
Deck Officers Program arms cockpit crew members in hopes of providing commercial flights with a last-ditch protection
system"
The Federal Flight Deck Officers Program has only been in existence for 2 years
- there are more than 4,000 Armed Flight Deck Officers
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February 21
A Tasmanian based web page has highlighted the problems associated with flying VFR in OZ
and the strong possibility that any request to air traffic controllers for a "clearance" may be rejected which could
lead to an extremely dangerous situation developing for the (inexperienced) light aircraft pilot
The attitude "keep away from my airspace - go crash somewhere else" is well entrenched in the
OZ controllers psychological make-up for VFR flight that may have encountered a weather problem and would like
some guidance without having to declare an emergency (read this as licence
suspension)
Civil Air's former union boss will be at a meeting in Melbourne next month and those wanting
to find out more from the Tassie antagonist can click HERE (Pop-up)
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