Quote of the Week:   "Since this is the busiest time of year we decided to take the decorations down now and consider a new policy after the new year" Sea-Tac Airport spokesman, Rachel Garson commenting on removal of Christmas trees after one complaint and threat  of a lawsuit

Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #406.........................................................................December 10,  2006 Past newsletters can be accessed at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm  The PASSUR airport flight tracking system at many major U.S. airports  http://www.passur.com/sites.htm (you must have Java installed to view it). If you want to get the newsletter sent to you every week, sign up to AviationWatch. Bill Mulcahy rockaway@prodigy.net

U.S./EU "Open Skies Agreement Axed!!!

As Bill Sees It: (Editorial) The U.S. Axes The "Open Skies" Agreement With The European Union!!! It looks as if the "Open Skies" agreement between the U.S. and the European Union is dead...for now. It was killed by a odd coalition of union members, airlines and the incoming Demoncrat congress, not environmentalists who looked upon this as another scheme to increase the number of plane over our heads. I'm surprised that our wonderful president didn't "stay the course" and try to go ahead with it anyway. No doubt some of his advisors got through to him and told him that he would never get the selling of America's airlines  through congress (to bad they didn't have the same luck with the Iraq War). But have no fear, I'll be willing to bet that once the corporate criminals that run America start waving big bucks at the Demoncrat-controlled congress next year they'll be another effort to push the Open Skies scheme through. Maybe President Moronic Polluter and some democrat pals will join in a open skies agreement coalition like they did with the "amnesty for illegal aliens scheme," which so many Americans failed to be fooled by. FAA's Airspace Redesign Plan Attacked By Activists: I received an email (see below)  from Robert Belzer president of NYCANN this week with pictures (see map on right) and website addresses from the FAA's hideous Airspace Redesign Plan for NY/NJ and Pennsylvannia. I wrote back and told Bob that I think it's outrageous that the EPA lets the FAA get away with these kinds of flight pattern maps that don't even clearly show landforms, much less noise impacts. This kind of deliberate, technical obfuscation of aviation impacts on the public, war are supposed make judgments from this information, is typical for this criminal agency. The EPA should have thrown the Airspace Redesign Plan back in the FAA's face and demanded it be redone. The fact that they didn't shows that they are just as corrupt as the FAA.

 
 

Christmas Tree Ban At Sea-Tac Airport!!! SEA-TAC Airport - All of the Christmas trees inside the terminal at Sea-Tac have been removed in response to a complaint by a rabbi. A local rabbi wanted to install an 8-foot menorah and have a public lighting ceremony. He threatened to sue if the menorah wasn’t put up, and gave a two-day deadline to remove the trees. Sea-Tac public affairs manager Terri-Ann Betancourt said the trees that adorn the Sea-Tac upper and lower levels may not properly represent all cultures. She said that since this is their busiest time of year and they don't have time to add a fair representation of all cultures, her department decided to take down all of the decorations, review their policies, and decide if they need to make a change for next year. Editor's Note: Somebody should tell these people that Christmas is a NATIONAL holiday and does represent "all" cultures; at least the ones that allow freedom of speech and religion. I'm glad to see that there is a backlash and hope it is only the beginning. http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_120906WABxmastreesEL.11b0d0cc.html 

 

US-Europe 'Open Skies' Talks Collapse!!! BRUSSELS, Dec. 6 EU leaders expressed regret that the White House, facing opposition in the U.S. Congress, has given up efforts to open trans-Atlantic flights to competition. U.S. rules limit foreign investment in its airlines to 25 percent of the voting stock, constraining the ability of European airlines to participate in managing those airlines in which they invest. The European Union has a more liberal policy, allowing foreigners to own 49 percent of European carriers. The Bush administration, which has been pushing easing U.S. limits on foreign airline ownership, said Tuesday it was abandoning a proposed law to accomplish such an end. Mary Peters, U.S. Transportation Department secretary, said the move followed the Democrats' success in last month's congressional races. That prompted Jacques Barrot, EU transport commissioner, to express disappointment and regret at the move. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/11998.html  http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1966308,00.html 

 

 

 

 

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Bill, the only way to really tell what is going on is by analyzing the noise

pollution impact tables. I have attached the table for Nassau County to

this email. The attached table illustrates the noise impacts to Nassau

County from the new westbound Kennedy departures. You have to hire an

aviaiton industry consultant to decipher this stuff.

Robert

Census Block Noise Data Tables Internet Link:

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/nas_redesign/regional_guidance/eastern_reg/nynjphl_redesign/noise_exposure_tables/

Decibel Change Converted to %

=========== =================

0.2 5%

0.4 10%

0.6 15%

0.8 20%

1.0 26%

3.0 100%

5.0 216%

10.0 900%

Note to do this conversion.

1. Divide decibel change by 10. [.8 decibel => .08] call the result "x"

2. On a scientific calculator, look up 10 to the x power.

3. That is the fractional noise increase. To convert to %, subtract 1 and

multiply by 100

Census Block Finder:

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/AGSGeoAddressServlet?_lang=en&_programYear=50&_treeId=420