These puddle jumpers will be next on the list. Every landing strip will need a TSA officer.

Aviation security plans make waves in Kansas – Kansas City Star — Ha, get on the watch list and you won’t be able to get on your own damned plane! This is just too funny for words. Soon your own car will be subject to the TSA goon squad.

The federal government wants to slap new security rules on private jets, prompting an outcry from Kansas lawmakers and the general-aviation industry. The rules, proposed by the Transportation Security Administration, would apply post-9/11 security measures to larger private planes used by the nation’s corporate elite.

Affected would be dozens of planes used by some of Kansas City’s biggest employers. Among other things, the rules would ban certain carry-on items and require aircraft operators to match passengers to terrorist watch lists.

Critics say the hassle could very well take the comfort and expediency out of flying in a corporate jet and hurt the Kansas aircraft industry.

“Time value is the single most crucial piece that we bring to the corporate business world,” said Ed Chevrestt, vice president and general manager for Executive Beechcraft Inc., which manages aircraft at Wheeler Downtown Airport.

“If you take that out of the mix, why would you want to own an airplane?”

But the TSA contends that smaller planes pose a real security threat.

[this means;} A ban on the same carry-on items now prohibited on commercial airlines. This could include golf clubs, baseball bats, tools longer than 7 inches and firearms. [ And no liquids more than 100 ml].

This will get the attention of Obama’s big money contributors and be killed fast. But it does tell you something that these a-holes even try to get something like this implemented.