Although some of the onerous security procedures proposed for GA by TSA have originated within the agency itself, many have come from Congress. But the National Air Transportation Association's Jim Coyne told AVweb on Tuesday that we may see less of that in the coming months. "I think what happened is that they got a few people who knew a little about general aviation in TSA. One of our former staff people went over there. They have a capable, knowledgeable team, but they really only have only two or three people over there who have much GA experience," Coyne said in an interview after a presentation on airport issues at Venice, Florida. "The reality is that many of the aviation security concerns have been created out of thin air by fictional novelists ... . [F]ortunately, TSA now has some backbone to tell some Congressmen we're not into the fear-mongering anymore."
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: NATA's Jim Coyne: TSA Has Grown a Backbone to Stand Up to Congress?
