[Newsbot]

Title: RCMP tells plane carrying anti-Harper banner over Parliament Hill to land
Category: Strange
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2012-09-04 06:04:58
Canadian

[OnTheIce]

Another union, hard at "work".

[Regina]

Next smart idea will have the teacher scratching their nails on chalkboards at Queen's Park.

[Curtman]

So why was he forced to land?

http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Union+ac ... story.html

Quote:

It remains unclear why the plane was ordered out of the sky as the Ciambella and the RCMP offered conflicting stories.

Ciambella says he repeatedly checked with air traffic control to ensure that he was outside Ottawa’s restricted zones, and that at no time was he told that he had penetrated the restricted area above Parliament Hill.
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RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Lucy Shorey said officers on the ground spotted the plane and felt it was flying within restricted airspace over Parliament Hill
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When the story first broke Monday, the RCMP directed all media inquiries to Nav Canada, the private company that provides air traffic control services in Canada.

But it confirmed the plane never breached a restricted fly zone in Ottawa and said its air traffic controllers never instructed the plane to land.

“We did not communicate that to the pilot,” said Nav Canada spokesman Ron Singer.

[2Cdo]

Another good use of union dues.

[Wada]

Even better is the taxpayers cost to have this plane brought down.

[OnTheIce]

Wada wrote:

Even better is the taxpayers cost to have this plane brought down.

I doubt they brought in a special air traffic controller to radio to the plane. Me thinks they already have those working 24/7 in Ottawa.

[Wada]

Who pays the RCMP? Big oil?

[OnTheIce]

Wada wrote:

Who pays the RCMP? Big oil?

You're making it out that there was a specific expense incurred due to this decision.

What's a phone call worth?

[Wada]

They were wasting valuale time that they could have been spent arresting dope dealers and such instead of harrassing a legitimate business owner.

[fifeboy]

2Cdo wrote:

Another good use of union dues.

And who determines if it is good use of union dues? You? The Union members? Who?

[Thanos]

Hitler.

[fifeboy]

Thanos wrote:

Hitler.

OK then, what's yer dad say?

[EyeBrock]

Freedom of Speech is a charter right. Let them fly a banner with a political message. As long as they stick to the rules of the airways and obey air traffic, what's the problem? In this case they flew into restricted airspace. Naughty and dangerous.

[Curtman]

EyeBrock wrote:

Freedom of Speech is a charter right. Let them fly a banner with a political message. As long as they stick to the rules of the airways and obey air traffic, what's the problem? In this case they flew into restricted airspace. Naughty and dangerous.

The article says he did not fly in restricted airspace.