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Pilot Security
The United States refused to let five foreign pilots fly into U.S. airspace after security checks showed they could pose a risk to the country. Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary for border and transportation security, said the department had recently expanded the scope of its checks on 6,000 foreign pilots who are required to pass security clearances before being allowed to fly into the country. Do we plan to pull aircraft over to the curb to insure that an approved pilot is flying the plane? "We have directed additional checks through the FBIâs Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force and other agencies. As a result... we did have five foreign pilots that were denied permission to enter U.S. airspace because of security concerns," Hutchinson told reporters. That would be really inconvenient if my fuel tanks werenât full. He did not identify the nationalities of the five pilots or whether they worked for commercial airlines or were flying private planes. Wonder where they went to flight school? Posted by: Super Hose 2003-09-10 |
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