Actually, not funny at all. And as far as enforcing the restrictions, the plans are already in place and approved by the FAA to enforce them. There are FAA concerns over safety and the ATC system as the designator has been changed to JPX, the IFR approaches have been deactivated and the new Special Procedure, which require pilots to be precertified and approved to use what had been the RNAV approaches are in effect. Check what ever you currently use, Garmin, Jepp, FlyQ ForeFlight etc. and you will find that the instrument approaches are no longer there. Try to file an IFR departure or arrival into JPX and you will not be granted an IFR flight plan unless you have the approval registration number (it was a 33 page document I had to fill out, attached copies of my insurance certificates with hold harmless agreements, copies of the installation of and IFR certification of Navigation equipment etc.
The tower (FAA approved, but private) is back in operations as are the camera for recording tail numbers, which are on every runway and taxiway as well as the ramp. Boots are in inventory for disabling violated aircraft from moving etc.
The local government has stated though that they will use mostly the camera system to enforce restrictions after the fact in way of fines and notifications of infractions to the FAA.
The latest TROs are the latest example of possibly winning the battle and losing the war. One of the things the order stated was that the court upheld the ability of East Hampton Town to now close the airport, but that it did not agree that it could close it and reopen it as a private airport without a defined impact study having been made in advance. This could result in the town saying, "OK Folks, we are shutting down period!"
