Bedminster, NJ Airport Reiterates Need For TFR Relief

Veteran Air Force pilot Steve Parker, CEO of Somerset Air Service and third-generation operator of Somerset Airport (KSMQ) in Bedminster, New Jersey, alerted his customers on January 16, that they are likely in for a reprise of the Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) experienced during the previous Trump Presidential Administration. SMQ rests just a few miles south of Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster and is effectively closed down when the President is in residence. Parker’s customers include operators of approximately 100 general aviation aircraft, many of which are used for personal business flying as well as individual and family transportation. Somerset Air Service also operates a busy flight school and a small charter operation operating a cabin-class Cessna twin.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/presidential-tfr-restrictions-could-have-a-relatively-simple-fix

FAA not following something mandated by Congress? Imagine that!

FAA in in the Executive Branch. The President is head of the Executive Branch. Employees of the Executive Branch follow the commands of the President, not Congress. Someone at the political level of the FAA or DOT sat on that Congressional mandate or more would have been heard of from FAA.

I liked it better in the 80s.

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