[jntrees]

Nothing can be done my friend. Nothing. Whether it's maintenance, ground personnel or pilots themselves, someone somewhere will have access to a plane and have the ability to take off and do great harm. Didn't we learn all of this when it comes to gun control? You can't stop a lunatic hell bent on destruction. It's not pleasant to think about but it's the reality of the life we live. Some dumb conspiracy about a simpleton not being able to do loop de loops without intense training just takes away from real adult conversation.

[fireman15]

Nothing can be done my friend. Nothing.

I didn’t mean that anything meaningful will be done. Just more meaningless feel good TSA type crap. They might “crack down” on private aviation like they did after 9-11... None of us were allowed to fly our small planes for months after the attack. Why??? Small plane values dropped by 50% and never have recovered completely.

I have even debated the merits of what was done then with people here who are afraid of small airplanes somehow being a threat to them. What if someone stole a small plane and crashed it into a baseball stadium? Or what if someone stole a small plane and started shooting from it? Never mind that a rental truck is a far more effective mass casualty weapon and there is a pretty good chance that the perpetrator could get away to terrorize more another day. Most small plane scenarios end with the pilot not making it.