This discussion is informative.
Hoya is an intelligent, educated lad and shows us what people who are otherwise technologically uninformed expect of our government.
Hoya doesn't understand the chain of command, the technology required to provide information and security he expects.
The first question: how many flights per day occur over Manhattan?
The second question: how many airfields exist in or near Manhattan?
How many private flights?
What is the chain of command? How much verification does it require before it goes up the chain of command? Thie expectation of hoya show naivete in his understanding of this process.
Air security is a myth. We are not secure against low technology flight. 24 cessnas, some air balloons and other stuff and you could have a heyday in any city.
No it is not reasonable that the head of NORAD should know about it before immediate ground observers should know.
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