LancairDriver
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Attention if Flying in Mexico
Notice from the Baja Bush Pilots- Mexico is cracking down on some of their rules that have been ignored in some cases. It would be best to pay
attention to their latest warnings. Here is the link.
https://www.bushpilotsinternational.com/documents/The_Hammer...
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DawnPatrol
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Didn't read all the link, but we had a Charter from Brown Field Monday to go to Cedros, through Cedros Outdoor Adventures, and they had to scuttle the
flight and now we are going across the CBX bridage Monday and flying out of TJ on a Mexican registered plane.
All Cedros Adventure told us was that only Mexican registered planes can now fly into Cedros?
Your link looks a bit more detailed/complicated.
The original plan was out group to fly out of Brown and then clear Customes in San Felipe before flying to Cedros
Alan
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Your original flight sounds exactly like the type that is being targeted by this latest enforcement. That would be called a part 135 flight which
means paying passengers. This is going to cause a big reduction in flights to Baja. There are very few airfields that are licensed in Baja now. Those
that have airfields simply can’t justify the costs of licensing. Baja is changing rapidly, and some think not for the better. Less fish, more
people, and more restrictions in general. I wish Skeet was still posting here to tell us we simply don’t know where to go. At least we could keep
busy looking.
[Edited on 9-14-2019 by LancairDriver]
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Point to any problem and you are assured to be less than seven steps, probably more like 2, away form the root of the problem, being way too many
people.
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This is a huge issue right now especially for the villages that have fly in fishing, surfing and a real blow to the Flying Doctors who cant visit us
anymore as our air strip isnt licensed. It costs $12,000 dollars and mountains of paperwork, 6months of several trips to Mexico City and the strip is
on ejido land so cost prohibitive.
We are working at getting meetings with government officials and the military as well as tourism operators to get a sense of the economic impact of
this crackdown. Places like Asuncion, Abreojos, BOLA, Cedros & Isla Natividad etc. will suffer.
My understanding is that a local airline charter made a big stink about private planes flying people in instead of using their service...follow the
money.
[Edited on 9-14-2019 by shari]
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Great job of putting this action in perspective from someone who is directly impacted by this Shari. Good luck in your efforts to point out the
impact on the people of Baja to the government.
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Do you think that this is linked to any enforcement action to limit the options for cartel or private drug activities?
I am not a pilot, is there a convenient list of airstrips that are still legal?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  | Do you think that this is linked to any enforcement action to limit the options for cartel or private drug activities?
Yes, this started to ramp up immediately after 9/11
I am not a pilot, is there a convenient list of airstrips that are still legal?[/ quote
Yes, the Baja Bush Pilots publish the list of current licensed airstrips which have become increasingly hard to find, mainly because of the expense
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| Quote: Originally posted by shari | This is a huge issue right now especially for the villages that have fly in fishing, surfing and a real blow to the Flying Doctors who cant visit us
anymore as our air strip isnt licensed. It costs $12,000 dollars and mountains of paperwork, 6months of several trips to Mexico City and the strip is
on ejido land so cost prohibitive.
We are working at getting meetings with government officials and the military as well as tourism operators to get a sense of the economic impact of
this crackdown. Places like Asuncion, Abreojos, BOLA, Cedros & Isla Natividad etc. will suffer.
My understanding is that a local airline charter made a big stink about private planes flying people in instead of using their service...follow the
money.
[Edited on 9-14-2019 by shari] |
I am so sorry to hear about this Shari... there's a lot of people with good intentions being penalized
Alan from San Diego
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