New German Chancellor is a pilot

Man, I sure hope they don't throw up German POTUS-like TFRs up every time he hops in his twin and does his weekly commute :)
 
Dana said:
It'd never be allowed in the US, ...
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why not?

It's not like the secret service is going to tackle him.... or (queue the scene from West Wing where Simon Donovan has, ahem, disabled CJ's car to prevent her from driving off without her protection detail)
 
Bob Noel said:
why not?

It's not like the secret service is going to tackle him.... or (queue the scene from West Wing where Simon Donovan has, ahem, disabled CJ's car to prevent her from driving off without her protection detail)
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Somewhere I read that the Secret Service doesn't allow presidents or ex-presidents to drive themselves, due to the potential legal mess in the event of a crash.
 
Dana said:
Somewhere I read that the Secret Service doesn't allow presidents or ex-presidents to drive themselves, due to the potential legal mess in the event of a crash.
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who does the Secret Service work for?
 
Groundpounder said:
I would suspect that the person to his right takes care of all those kinds of details, and he just shows up and flies.
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Could be. She looks like his wife though, and google doesn't show any obvious aviation background in her history.
 
Bob Noel said:
who does the Secret Service work for?
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Initially the Dept of Treasury IIRC. They mostly fight counterfeit money but somehow the POTUS got into it. Now the idiotically named Dept of Homeland Security runs it.
 
RussR said:
What is that thing between their two heads? I can't figure it out.
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My guess was a boom attached to the headset that keeps the oxygen cannula in place.
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Not long ago a Swiss university professor was the victim of a press assault after they determined he was using an LSA-scale aircraft to commute to work. He was termed an environmental criminal and various similar terms. In that part of the world its not going to be security that restricts any politician, its going to be public image, class, environment and not rocking the socially accepted boat. The Germans are very, very uptight about these things in a way that is (happily) incomprehensible to most Americans.

German airspace is actually pretty simple in comparison with most of Europe. Its the trouble on the ground that's the issue. Hats off if you know what a flugleiter is.
 
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Tusayan said:
Not long ago a Swiss university professor was the victim of a press assault after they determined he was using an LSA-scale aircraft to commute to work. He was termed an environmental criminal and various similar terms. In that part of the world its not going to be security that restricts any politician, its going to be public image, class, environment and not rocking the socially accepted boat. The Germans are very, very uptight about these things in a way that is (happily) incomprehensible to most Americans.

German airspace is actually pretty simple in comparison with most of Europe. Its the trouble on the ground that's the issue. Hats off if you know what a flugleiter is.
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Merz was criticized for killing the planet when he flew his aircraft to a conference. He apparently responded with calculations showing he burned less fuel than if he had driven. Being good Germans, the public accepted his rationale because numbers don't lie.
 
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