Who didn't see this coming?

That's right, in the wake of the Austin plane attack, they're already proposing newer, stiffer regulations on small private aircraft. It sure didn't take them long.

Makes you wonder if all these "terrorist" scares in the news lately aren't really false flags to get us to accept TSA involvement in every aspect of our lives.

After 9/11, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure an airliner could never again be used as a weapon. Yet little has been done to guard against attacks with smaller planes.

That point was driven home with chilling force on Thursday when a Texas man with a grudge against the IRS crashed his single-engine plane into an office building in a fiery suicide attack. One person inside the building was also killed.

"It's a big gap," said R. William Johnstone, an aviation security consultant and former staff member of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks. "It wouldn't take much, even a minor incident involving two simultaneously attacking planes, to inflict enough damage to set off alarm bells and do some serious harm to the economy and national psyche."

The suburban Georgetown Municipal Airport that pilot Joe Stack entered hours before his airborne attack in nearby Austin had the casual atmosphere of a sleepy parking garage. Pilots were not subject to baggage checks, metal detector scans or pat-downs. And they are usually not required to file flight plans.

"How are they going to stop it? This guy had a hangar, and he had access to the airport," said Beth Ann Jenkins, president of Pilot's Choice, a flight school near where Stack kept his Piper.

Travis McLain, manager of the airport, said: "I don't know of a rule or regulation or safety precaution that could have prevented what happened yesterday."

The easy access and lack of security are the result of years of debate — and stalemate — over how much of a threat small aircraft pose as terror weapons and how they could be regulated without stifling commerce and pilot freedom.

While the airlines quickly accepted tougher security after Sept. 11, the general aviation industry, which includes everything from privately owned propeller-driven planes to large corporate jets, have aggressively fought new measures.

The proposed rules would require that operators of medium and large general-aviation aircraft demonstrate that flight crews have undergone a criminal background check. They would also be required to verify passengers are not on the no-fly lists already used by large airlines.

Read more: Newsmax.con

First large airports and now bus stations and small private airports. It looks like the US is laying down the infrastructure to put a complete lock-down on travel for Americans.


[edit on 19-2-2010 by FortAnthem]

Not on the no-fly list eh?

I guess a good chuck of American's aren't going to be allowed to fly whatsoever now.

It continues...

Just the beginning of things to come.

We had better start keeping an eye on local and state laws as well. I'm sure they are also concocting new laws that are meant to protect us from terrorists.

Who are we kidding? If a person really wants to kill him/herself and take as many other people with them as they can, no law can stop them.

How do they get away with being so obtuse.

Seriously you order full body scanners for airports 2 years ago and now ur saying well well put them in the airports after the convenient underwear bomber who bypassed security checkpoint, walked around metal detectors by a sharp dressed man .
Then the fbi lies and says they only arrested 1 man.

They lied 5 times publicly before they came clean and admitted they arrested 2 people in the bombing plot.
Not only was there 2 men arrested there was a man videotaping the attacker throughout the incident.
Seriously you guys either suck at false flag attacks or suck at providing security. Either way u are a #ing failure FBI.

Now a guy crashes a plane into a building and you have Laws! Ready to go!