Up here, various provinces/municipalities have tried to regulate things aviation only to lose in the courts: "federal jurisdiction". Thank God for small miracles. Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bahadir Acuner" <bahadiracuner@yahoo.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: More lawmakers trying to make flying an impossible thing.. > This just in from National Association of Flight Instructors e-mail : > > NY Proposes Pilot Legislation > > The New York Assembly is considering three bills that would, in effect, > regulate flight training in that state. The three bills would require > background checks for a variety of flight students and set age limits for > student pilots-limitations pilot groups say are illegal and redundant. > > The first proposal, Bill 3512, would require flight students to undergo a > criminal background check, and the commissioner of the Division of Criminal > Justice would have the final word to approve training. This is the state's > second attempt to regulate flight instruction in the state. The Assembly > passed a similar bill last year, but it was never considered in the New York > Senate. > > The New York Legislature has also introduced bills 2043 and 3899. Assembly > Bill 2043 would require students receiving training in flight simulators to > undergo criminal background checks. Assembly Bill 3899 would prohibit a > person under the age of 17 from piloting an aircraft in the state. > > "The federal government has already adopted security recommendations that > address all the concerns of the New York Legislature," said Andy Cebula, > AOPA's senior vice president of government and technical affairs. > > Those security measures already adopted by the federal government include > the recently adopted TSA/FAA security rules that direct FAA to revoke the > airman certificate of anyone that TSA determines is a threat to > transportation or national security. Regulations also require background > checks of foreign pilots seeking a U.S. pilot certificate or flight training > in large aircraft. > > BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI > > www.bahadiracuner.com > www.acuwings.com >