Obama Visit Impacts Hawaii Aviators

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The Oahu Aviation Initiative, an ad hoc coalition of 20 small general aviation businesses in Hawaii, is asking the federal government to compensate them for $200,000 in losses they incurred due to almost two weeks of flight restrictions during President Barack Obama's recent holiday visit to Oahu. The group is also working with the Secret Service and the TSA to negotiate less severe restrictions before the next presidential visit to their state. The restrictions essentially banned flights within a 30-mile radius of the rented house where the Obama family was staying outside Honolulu. Pat Magie, president of Island Seaplane Service, told the Honolulu Advertiser that aviation company owners were not informed of flight restrictions until four days before the president's arrival, and many of them had no option but to shut down entirely during the 12-day visit, from Dec. 23 to Jan. 4.

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AW2992 Junior Member

Any flight rectriction sucks but this one is for a good reason (safety of the man that runs the world well the one I care about). Can you imagin if their were no TFR's. News popurotzy etc etc helicopter's would be landing on the house were the president stays. I do think the companys that are effected by this TFR should be comoensated in some way maybe not just with money but maybe with tax rebates etc etc. I would assume that the TFR's only last 2-7 days tops most of the time. The bad thing is that it could be at any time and the companys that are effected will only have maybe one day of prier notice. Its the president they don't want any one to know where he is all the time its all about safety.