The author of 2012 Airborne Prophesy predicts that within the next eight years additional security restrictions will be levied against American citizens. As an outgrowth of the fear generated by September 11, 2001, pilot Nina Anderson foresees the implementation of biometric scanning stations at all public places and the use of transponders mandated to be worn by international travelers to track their whereabouts.

The author of 2012 Airborne Prophesy predicts that within the next eight years additional security restrictions will be levied against American citizens. As an outgrowth of the fear generated by September 11, 2001, pilot Nina Anderson foresees the implementation of biometric scanning stations at all public places, and the use of transponders mandated to be worn by international travelers to track their whereabouts.

Aviation has been hard hit by the events that occurred in New York and Washington in 2001. Pilots are being looked at as possible terrorists and airports are temporarily shut down (TFRs) when the President or other named dignitaries are within thirty miles. Flight schools are under scrutiney to interrogate their students with potential background checks. The influx of foreign student pilots has virtually stopped. Even grass-roots airports are being required to erect security fencing and access is being limited to those pilots with identification cards.

Familiar to all air travelers is the long wait for bag checks and yet people are still boarding with sissors or box cutters. Nina Anderson, a commercial pilot for over thirty years, doesn't foresee things getting better. She wrote her recently-released novel, 2012 Airborne Prophesy, to alert readers to the potential restrictions of personal freedom in the year 2011 and the development of "virtual" warfare and mind control through radiofrequency technology.

From current patents on file and research information she has gathered, Ms. Anderson has determined that "In the near future current biometric technology will go beyond viewing pilots as potential terrorists and shift focus to the population at large. It is highly probable that biometric scanners will be erected at the entrance to all public buildings-airports, supermarkets, theatres - in the name of security. International travelers will be fitted with a transponder band to be worn during their visit. These radiofrequency devices will transmit signals to a command center so the traveler's whereabouts will be known at all times - in the name of security. Satellite technology will be increased to "spy" on anyone on earth in their own backyards - in the name of security."    

Although 2012 Airborne Prophesy is fiction it is based on fact, and the usage of technology that is currently in place and waiting to be released. The aviation industry has been hardest hit by the "war on terrorism." The trickle-down effect has seen the aerospace industry take an economic slide. Expanding restrictions on personal freedom may affect the economy in as equally unforeseen directions. Is this type of attempt to uncover potential terrorists worth the risk of an unstable economy?