[hattend]

Hello, jumping in late here. OK... Federal aircraft and pilot licensing? - Air traffic control and flight rules? Do we also have a right to not have Federal Aviation Regulations imposed on us? They are legally equivalent to driving regs, but are federal.

Are they really equivalent to driving? You want 50 different sets of rules for air traffic control? That being said, the Constition doesn't speak to air traffic so the Feds are not prohibited from setting up the rules. Now, let's talk about the illegal search and siezure by the TSA at the airports...you may have something there.

[SgtofMarines]

...the Constition doesn't speak to air traffic so the Feds are not prohibited from setting up the rules.

I must respectfully disagree. Because the Constitution doesn't speak to air traffic, the Feds are prohibited from "setting up the rules."

[hattend]

Now, let's talk about the illegal search and siezure by the TSA at the airports...you may have something there

Oh wait...air travel isn't a right and you know you may be searched by agreeing to fly on airlines, so I'll have to re-think my position here....Hmmmm.

Yep, I'll drive if at all possible.

[dcwusmc]

See post 590. There never was a need for FEDERAL intrusion into aviation except for the lure of more power and control. Nor is there REALLY any Constitutional underpinning for it, ICC notwithstanding... but you'll never sell it to control freaks who seem to say that if the Constitution does not FORBID FedGov from doing something, then it's open season... sadly for you and yours the OPPOSITE is true... If a power is NOT SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED, then FedGov MAY NOT assume it. Often the States may not, either...