Regulations and Government
GA groups outraged over DHS advisory, more TFRs
General aviation interests expressed consternation over a May 1 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory warning the GA community against planned Al-

General aviation interests expressed consternation over a May 1 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory warning the GA community against planned Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks using “light aircraft,” issued even as new TFRs covering a peripatetic President Bush continue to disrupt day-to-day operations.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) was by far the most vocal, expressing “outrage” at both the wording and the timing of DHS Advisory 03-019, which it described as fundamentally flawed. “It includes obvious errors and unjustified pseudo-threats about general aviation operations and, in particular, charter operations,” railed NATA president Jim Coyne. “I am mystified by how DHS officials would allow such a document to be released. It represents an egregious abuse of government authority.”