Exposes the many gaps in current FAA rules and procedures that have made America's skies deeply vulnerable and extremely dangerous.
The Federal Aviation Adminsitration currently allows absolutely anyone to receivea pilots license with no regard to the applicants criminal background, if any. The FAA has also not secured its critical air traffic control facilities which remain vulnerable to this day. And even after September 11, 2001 the FAA imposes no restrictions whatsoever on the ownership of airplanes. There are many dangers and there are solutions.
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"....according to FAA regulations drug dealers, rapists, mass murderers and all other undesirables are pefectly welocm to apply for a Private Pilots license."
"When a bureaucracy screws the pooch the one thing you can always bet on is that it will never find fault with itself. Never!"
Perfect for fans of Bill Bryson, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Cheryl Strayed, this is more than a travelogue—it's a hilarious and heartfelt journey for anyone who has ever wondered: "Is this it?"
