Quote of the Week: "Panic. This was going to be my retirement home" elderly resident living near Southwest Florida International Airport who was asked about her feelings about the impacts of a new parallel runway
Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #266.........................................April 4, 2004 Past newsletters can be accessed at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm Bill Mulcahy rockaway@prodigy.net
WMD's
Or Aviation Noise, The Government LIES!!! 
As Bill Sees It: (Editorial) Lies
And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: I'm
glad to see that finally "some" of the lies that the Bush
Administration told to drag us into war are finally being revealed. Lying
government officials are nothing new. Having observed the FAA for a long time, I have become fascinated
how this government agency cleverly lies to promote aviation expansionism 
at
every opportunity. If you want to see an example this blatant government lying
you only have to look at the way the FAA has airports (cleverly diverting
responsibility away from themselves) monitor noise impacts on local communities.
The FAA mandates that airports use their cleverly devised (Integrated
Noise Model) computer software, with
all sorts of "variables," for the sole purpose of creating
aviation expansion-friendly, inaccurate noise maps!!! In 1981 the Aviation
Cabal-controlled politicians even went to the extreme measure of removing
funding from the EPA office that protected the public from excessive
noise!!! Perhaps the EPA objected to the FAA's
using phony computer estimates instead of actual noise monitoring to determine
aviation impacts!!! Maybe the CIA should send some of their
agents to work in the FAA for a while to learn how to lie better. Will
President 
Kerry Be
The Same (Or Worse) As Bush On Aviation Expansion?
I'm a "anybody but Bush" person, but I have no illusions that Kerry
will be any different when it comes to aviation expansion. Has he opposed the
new runway at Logan Airport in his own state? One issue you can be sure both the Democrats and Republicans
agree on is the need to continue to expand aviation. That's why Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta (pictured at left), who was a former vice president of
Lockheed Martin, is the only Clinton cabinet member who is in the cabinets of
both Bush and Clinton!!! Maybe Kerry will keep him on to continue
"improving" airports by building more runways and increasing night
operations over residential areas. We had eight years of a
Democrat "environmentalist" (President Perjurer) before 
Bush and
airports expanded more than ever with no effort to restore federal
(EPA) oversight over the health impacts of noise pollution. Airlines
Still In Trouble
Despite Increased Passenger Numbers!!! I was surprised to read this week that
the U.S. airline industry is expected to lose two BILLION dollars this year!!!
Of course it would be unrealistic to hope that the whole aviation industry will
collapse and there will be no planes in the skies (I can dream can't I?). When one airline
polluter goes under it is is quickly gobbled up by another predator airline.
Although most aviation victims like to see the American airline industry enemy
in trouble, I think anti-aviation activists should keep the focus on the health and environmental
impacts of this pollution industry. The Runway
"Safety" Extension Rule: The Mysterious FAA
Order 5200.8 
I received an email
from aviation noise activist attorney, Howard Beckman, about my suspicions
voiced in last week's newsletter about this important, yet hard to find, FAA
order mandating runway "safety" extensions. Mr.
Beckman said "Bill, not everything is on the web.
You can get free copies of FAA publications, including orders, by sending a fax
to DOT. I have an order form (which has the fax #) at www.netvista.net/~hpb/ac-order.html
(this is linked from a file that has extensive information on FAA publications:
<www.netvista.net/~hpb/faa-pubs.html
> . I have found that publications are sent very speedily. In
addition to this new practice regarding runway extension for safety, the FAA
has also proposed a new rule that would disallow airports from banning aircraft
that, in the airport's judgment, are too heavy for the runway. This
*really* opens the door to bigger planes. See "weight-based
restrictions" at <www.netvista.net/~hpb/flash.html>"
How interesting that with all information that the FAA puts on the web,
THIS FAA order wasn't considered important enough!!! I am REALLY interested in
seeing it now.
Airlines
Financial Outlook Is "Wobbly" Again!!! WASHINGTON - A steady
rise in travel demand notwithstanding, the United States airline industry's
financial outlook is looking wobbly again. The
losses this year are now expected to surpass US$2 billion (S$3.4 billion), about
four times steeper than analysts' earlier estimates. Shares
of several large airlines fell on Tuesday as investors braced themselves for the
release of March traffic and revenue data later this week. Major
carriers such as American Airlines and United Airlines are struggling on many
fronts: expensive jet fuel, fierce competition from budget carriers and tight-fistedness
from formerly high-paying business travellers. http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,243331,00.html
Naples,
Florida Retirees Get 
Peaceful Retirement Stolen Away By Airport Expansion:
Jets that would be landing on a proposed new parallel runway at Southwest
Florida International Airport after 2010 might be flying over a densely
populated residential area of San Carlos Park. And that has San Carlos Park and
even Estero residents concerned. "People find it very disturbing when they
(jets) are coming in at lower levels to land," he said. "If it's very
frequent, it can be very distracting. A majority of people here are retired
and looking to go ahead and have a peaceful retirement. And if a heavy traffic
pattern takes place, it is going to decrease the enjoyment of their later
years." http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/bonitanews/article/0,2071,NPDN_14894_2773628,00.html
http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/040401airport.html
Angry
Japanese Residents Sue US Air Force Over Sleepless Nights: They
have been angry at the American ‘
occupiers’
before, but this time emotions have gone far beyond that. Residents of the
Okinawa city of Ginowan - many of whom cannot remember an uninterrupted
night’s sleep - are furious at the contempt with which senior staff at the US
air base in Futenma are treating a lawsuit over "intolerable noise levels".
For more than half a century, the people of the town that surrounds the US
marine corps’ base on Japan’s southernmost island have borne the burden of
the American presence, but not any more. "Every day and every night, I am
scared," says Chuuji Chinen, 69, a retired journalist and local council
member. "But now we are more angry than scared."
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=356822004
FAA
Admits Its Computer Estimate Integrated Noise Map (INM) Is Flawed!!!
According to the FAA "INM is an average-value model and is designed to
estimate long-term average effects using average annual input conditions. Because
of this, differences between predicted and measured values can occur because
certain local acoustical variables are not averaged, or because they may not be
explicitly modeled in INM. Examples of detailed local acoustical variables
include temperature profiles, wind gradients, humidity effects, ground
absorption, individual aircraft directivity patterns and sound diffraction
around terrain, buildings, barriers, etc. Differences may also occur due to
errors or improper procedures employed during the collection of the measured
data." http://www.netvista.net/~hpb/inm.html
Editor's Note: FAAspeak translation: garbage in, garbage out. Anything to
avoid the actual monitoring of noise impacts.
Washington
National Gets More Big Planes: Eleven more round-trip flights are being
added at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, with most for service beyond
the airport's normal 1,250 mile perimeter.
"I'm disappointed but not surprised," said Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va.,
of the additions. "I guess I can't blame my colleagues for wanting more
access to National Airport for those folks who live in the West Coast,"
said Moran, whose district includes the airport.
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