Presidential flight restrictions are killing airports and general aviation businesses that depend on them. And, with the frequency with which the president visits his residences in Bedminster, NJ and Mar-a-Lago, small businesses are losing literally millions of dollars.

We all understand the need to protect the president. However, there are more sensible approaches that could be put into place to provide security without destroying the lives of small business owners and their employees.

These TFRs were created in the wake of 9/11. The weapons used during those attacks were airliners. Airline operations are exempt from the TFRs and regularly fly through them. General aviation aircraft and airports are the only ones dramatically effected by these rules and it's high time that changed.