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You can fly a plane into a restricted airspace and get off without criminal charges. It's completely unreasonable to expect a multi-decade sentence for somethin

You can fly a plane into a restricted airspace and get off without criminal charges. It's completely unreasonable to expect a multi-decade sentence for something like this. I also dislike drones around people (I'm a climber, and have had a drone fly by me while navigating rock 300' off the ground), but come on.

Animats 9y ago
You can fly a plane into a restricted airspace and get off without criminal charges. About once every two weeks, somebody seriously violates restricted airspace in the US, and it leads to a close encounter with an F-16, F-15, or one of Homeland Security's helicopters. They will be forced to land. So far, the USAF hasn't had to shoot down anybody, but general aviation pilots who've been intercepted report it is a scary experience. Once they're on the ground, they will be detained and interrogated by law enforcement. Once it's established that they're not a terrorist, the FAA takes over. There's usually a check ride with an FAA examiner before they get to fly again. A $10,000 fine is normal. A suspension or revocation of the pilot's license is possible. For a second violation, likely. Current enforcement policy, from AOPA: [1] [1] https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2014/december/pilot/counsel https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2014/december/p...