Congress upset by capitol evac, suggest mailing every pilot “a map”
FoxNews Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., said every time an evacuation [of the capitol] is ordered, it has usually been caused by a private pilot in a small plane using an old map. Ross suggested that the size of the plane is irrelevant because one dirty bomb could do a lot of damage. But, he said, sending everyone a map could be done for the money spent on one evacuation.
“I’m sure its running a million dollars every time there’s an evacuation, wouldn’t it make a lot more sense to send every private pilot in America one of the updated maps?” he asked.
Maybe the congressman can get a clue before he opens his mouth. Sectionals are about $7 each, and updated every few months, and pilots are required by regulations to have current information. Any pilot with half a clue knows where the ADIZ is located, congressman. The problem isn’t a lack of maps, it is pilots who aren’t doing what they are supposed to, or just get lost. And they get busted for it. There is no reason for any pilot not to have current information. Sending the ones who are going to violate the ADIZ a map is going to waste OUR $55, because they’re not going to use it anyways. (Thats how much each sectional would cost to send to every registered pilot of congress decided it had to be done.)
If it costs a million dollars to evacuate the capitol building, maybe we can not evacuate and see how happy they are.