Can a civilian aircraft in distress land at a military airport?

[Just a civilian pilot]

Your mixing things up.

Yes, as I said, you would undoubtedly be detained, or maybe even arrested. They need to determine who you are, at minimum.

If you are being arrested - for what? Trespass? OK, I am now under arrest for trespass. I am booked somewhere. Wherever. And held. Clock is ticking.

Now what. A prosecutor (very separate from the police) must file a charge (unlikely). If there dumb enough you immediately request a probable cause hearing. No judge would find probable cause. The plane was falling out of the sky. Would be over-turned on appeal if he did.

These are smart busy people. There not going to do this. They have real criminals to contend with.

This thread is crazy.

Even what I heard from the pilots side is crazy.

 

[Astro14]

Even what I heard from the pilots side is crazy.

What you heard from the Pilot side is reality.

Go back and reread what I said.

I didn’t say everywhere, but I cautioned about a few specific installations.

I also said that you do what you need to do. There’s a piece of concrete and it’s a choice between crashing and landing on that piece of concrete then please, do what you need to do.

But some of those pieces of concrete come with a lot of problems attached.

Your dislike of that reality does not make it any less true.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

What you heard from the Pilot side is reality.

Go back and reread what I said.

I didn’t say everywhere, but I cautioned about a few specific installations.

I also said that you do what you need to do. There’s a piece of concrete and it’s a choice between crashing and landing on that piece of concrete then please, do what you need to do.

But some of those pieces of concrete come with a lot of problems attached.

Your dislike of that reality does not make it any less true.

I am not wasting my time with you.

I read everything you said.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

What the FAA says about delaying for just 2 minutes when dealing with fumes/smoke is on page 8 13.A

It can make the difference between a successful landing or people getting killed.

https://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/advisory_circular/ac_120-80a.pdf