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Welcome to the CALPILOTS Web Site
The California Pilots Association is a non-profit public benefit California Corporation formed in 1949. The mission of our statewide volunteer organization is to promote and preserve the state’s general aviation airports. We have long recognized that the state’s general aviation airports are more than irreplaceable transportation infrastructure assets. They also serve as disaster recovery centers - most recently demonstrated during the annual wild fires across the state, and in the past during the major earthquakes. Airports are also beneficial as regional economic engines, just as the highway system serving the community is. Past studies have confirmed the financial benefits of general aviation airports to their communities. You can help to get the message out by joining us. After all, if you not you, who will protect your airport?
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here to find out how much aviation contributes to the state's economy.
To learn more about saving our airports.
Help Send the Watsonville Mayor and City Manager a message - that
their plan to allow airport encroachment is not acceptable. Support the Watsonville
Pilots Association's legal fight against the City's deep pockets.
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FAA Considers Curfew Request at Bob Hope Airport
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AOPA and EAA have asked the FAA to extend a comment deadline on a request to ban nighttime traffic at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. The FAA is accepting comments through July 20, but the two associations are pushing for a 30-day extension so that pilots have enough time to weigh the impact such a curfew would have on their operations.
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McClellan-Palomar Airport - Flying high at 50
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by Michael Burge
Opened in 1959, McClellan-Palomar Airport is now a bustling and modern airfield, but not everyone agrees that growth has been good.
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Alaska Delegation to TSA - Reconsider the Proposed TSA SD's on General Aviation
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The Alaska Delegation responded today to a recent finding by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security that General Aviation poses little risk to aircraft security.
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Jim Campell of the Aero Network News has always been very outspoken
about aviation issues. To read his latest Editorial Comments about what
is happening to General Aviation go to the their web page.
Why not make some noise of your own?
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General Aviation Presents Limited Security Threat, IG Finds
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The Homeland Security Department's inspector general said Wednesday the national security threat posed by general aviation is "limited and mostly hypothetical."
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Security Directive -8G - Confusion Continues
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EAA says it's pressuring the Transportation Security Administration to lift the "shroud of mystery" on its implementation of new security requirements for GA pilots at commercial airports after an attempt at clarity misfired last week. On Wednesday, EAA published a list of 454 airports supplied by the TSA that have commercial service and would theoretically be subject to directive #1542-04-08G (SD-8G).
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TSA Lists Airports Affected By New Security Directive
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A total of 454 airports will be subject to the TSA's latest Security Directive (SD-8G) restricting the movements of transient pilots, EAA said this week.
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User Fees Hurt the Economy - That Hurts the Country
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by KIONrightnow.com
WATSONVILLE, Calif. - As Congress searches for new sources of revenue, the General Aviation industry could take a hard hit if a controversial new fee is imposed for flights. That charge would impact many pilots on the Central Coast.
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Customs and Border Protection Agents Over React
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Baja Bush Pilots, a group representing pilots who frequently fly to Mexico, is polling members to see if any have had an encounter with Customs and Border Protection agents similar to the experience of Long Beach, Calif. pilot David Perry and his three passengers a couple of weeks ago.
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Congress Passes Amendment to Limit Security Directives
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As pilots at commercial-service airports across the country adapted to new security requirements this week, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) led an effort in Congress to revise the standard for when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can use emergency procedures to issue regulations or security devices.
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Tuesday, June 02
· Santa Monica Maneuvers (Again) To Keep Jet Ban (0)
Monday, June 01
· TSA Changes Restrictions On Transient Pilots (0)
Tuesday, May 26
· Security Directive 8F - Withdraw It! (0)
Sunday, May 24
· San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (0)
· From NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (0)
Tuesday, May 19
· Security Directive a Potential “Unfunded Mandate” (0)
Monday, May 18
· FAA Finds Santa Monica Jet Ban Discriminatory (0)
Thursday, May 14
· Border Crossing Requirements Mandatory Starting Monday 18th (0)
Sunday, May 10
· TSA - Withdraw The Unnecessary Security Directives (0)
Saturday, May 09
· FAA Aviation News (0)
Tuesday, May 05
· Redding airport to use federal stimulus money for airport improvements (0)
Wednesday, April 22
· Set the record straight with ‘GA Serves America’ (0)
Tuesday, April 21
· TSA Getting Push Back - and Rightly So (0)
Monday, April 20
· Oceanside Airpot - FAA Requires Operator Lease Tweaking (0)
Friday, April 17
· TSA's Secret Security Directive 8F (0)
Saturday, April 11
· TSA Demonstrates Complete Lack of GA Understanding in Colorado (0)
· Hollister, CA. - 30-year Lease Agreement with Cal Fire (0)
Monday, April 06
· Palmdale City Council Moves to Develop Airport (0)
Friday, April 03
· Possible Scam Against Aircraft Owners (0)
Friday, March 27
· Salinas CA. - Airport Will Get Stimulus Funds (0)
Thursday, March 26
· Filmakers Start on New GA Friendly Project (0)
Monday, March 23
· ELT Disposal – Don’t Trash the Beacon! (0)
Friday, March 20
· Homeland Security Initiatives Could ''Lock Out'' General Aviation - EAA (0)
Thursday, March 19
· TSA Finally Acknowledges GA in Planning Process (0)
Monday, March 16
· LASP - Losing Support (0)
Sunday, March 15
· FAA Budget (0)
Tuesday, March 03
· User Fees - Here We Go Again (0)
Monday, March 02
· Lawmakers to TSA: Choose new flight plan for LASP (0)
· San Diego - SANDAG Endorses Overhaul of Lindbergh Airport (0)
Saturday, February 28
· Palomar Airport Video Airing (0)
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