There are two areas in which GA can improve to help prevent onerous legislation coming from Congress. My first entry today discussed one of them -- we need to avoid doing naughty things in the air that freak people out.

We also need to prevent unauthorized use of our aircraft. Over at General Aviation News, they have published Phil Boyer's Letter, which talks about security. All FBO operators and owners of aircraft should read this letter and related works, then make sure you're taking the proper steps to avoid folks doing naughty things with your airplanes.

Imagine if you can, two similar newspaper articles. The first is a report of some kid breaking into the airport and easily stealing an airplane. In the second, the same kid could break into the airport but is foiled in his attempts to steal an aircraft and is then arrested by local authorities. You and I can't do much to prevent someone gaining access to the airport -- after all, an airport isn't any good if you can't enter. And the cheap locks we use on our hangars wouldn't even slow a thief down. But we can definitely make sure the airplane isn't flyable, and that's what we should be doing.