Quote of the Week: "The (FAA) agency faces a number of legal challenges from area residents upset over noise concerns" from a story in a business orientated web site on the FAA's Airspace Redesign scheme
Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #442.............................................................................August 12, 2007 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
Clock Ticking On Airspace Redesign Scheme!!!
As
Bill Sees It (Editorial): Legal
Suits Are The ONLY Way To Stop INCREASED Aviation Noise Pollution In Airspace
Redesign Scheme!!! I hope those people who thought they could write a
letter or call a politician to get a reprieve are realizing now that their only
recourse is to sue the FAA rats. I didn't bother to go to any of the
public hearings 
because I know how the FAA
con men carefully orchestrates them. By the way, if you want to comment on the
final EIS of the airspace redesign plan you only have till the end of this
month. Airspace Redesign Will Bring More Noise And
Aviation Pollution!!! The bottom line
is that there is going to be more planes, more noise and an increased decline in
the quality of
life of millions of people!!! The FAA and their airline industry bosses call
this progress. I say it is a crime against humanity!!! So much
for all the nice sounding environmental regulations, like the
"President's" Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, (see
excerpt above left) which talk about promoting improvement in environmental quality. This
airspace
redesign plan is a vast increase in aviation noise and air pollution on
the whole Northeast and they know it!!! President Moronic Polluter must really
be laughing his nasty little head off. Perhaps this is part of Bush's
"shock and awe" planning for the world. What is almost as bad
is that their airspace plan is a continuation of many of their unjust routing
policies that blatantly protect many of the same
communities that have enjoyed political protection from overflights for years!!!
Phony Politicians And Stewart Airport Activists Meet With Port
Authority Bosses On Stewart Airport Plans!!! Speaking of nasty,
phony politicians, I was happy to see a
story this week that "some" local New York 
politicians finally met
with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and some local environmental
groups who want "input" in the airport planning process. 
The
"authority" is planning to secretly build, what many believe
will be a giant, heavily night operating, air cargo hub at Stewart Airport to destroy the sleep of
thousands in New York's Hudson Valley. Two congressmen, Hinchey and Hall
(picture on right), who previously refused to hold public hearings on the
takeover issue attended. Both Hall and Hinchey regularly hold environmental
chic forums on issues like biofuels and wind power, but when it comes to the
worse environmental impact ever to hit their areas, an air cargo hub, they
support it!!!
Most Americans are waking up to the fact that we are being sold
out by both the Republican and Democrat parties and have listed themselves as
Independents. Unfortunately, they still vote Democrat and Republican. If there is
ever to going to be challenge to the corporate-controlled political system
people have to vote for independent candidates.
Final
Report On New York-New Jersey-Philadelphia Airspace Redesign Issued:
US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last week issued the final
environmental impact statement for the New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia
(NY-NJ-Philly) airspace redesign project, which seeks to reduce delays in and
out of the airports in the New York to Philadelphia metropolitan areas.
The document does not list a preferred alternative, but all indications are that
the agency will choose the integrated airspace alternative, from the draft
environmental impact statement issued earlier this year. Regardless of its
decision, the agency must wait a minimum of 30 days before issuing the record of
decision, which will identify the final preferred alternative. If it is the
integrated airspace alternative, the agency will likely stipulate further noise
mitigation measures, which will lead to the development of routes in and out of
all airports, including New Jersey's Teterboro. But whether
the new routes will be successful is not clear. The agency faces a number of
legal challenges from area residents upset over noise concerns. http://www.domain-b.com/aero/Aug/2007/20070809_philadelphia.htm
Editor's Note: Legal suits are the ONLY thing that can stop the
FAA/airline industry scheme. They should be started NOW!!! Once the FAA liars
get this atrocity in place it will be too late.
New
Windsor, New York: Community Activists Have First Meeting With New Stewart
Airport Bosses!!!— Even its harshest critics concede Stewart
International Airport is going to continue to develop. But an ad hoc group of
citizens from many organizations hopes to at least control that development
enough so that Stewart doesn't one day turn into some sort of "JFK
North" that overwhelms the area. After their recent first meeting with
officials of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, group members and
some elected officials who sat in on the session are hopeful those goals can be
achieved. The Port Authority is expected to become the new leaseholder and
operator of Stewart around Nov. 1. Maureen Radl, who co-chairs Ulsterites
Fight Overflight Noise, one of the citizens groups, said they have two principal
goals: to ensure Stewart remains a regional airport serving the mid-Hudson
Valley and Catskills, and to get a citizens advisory board formed that would
have input on all development at the airport. "We want to be involved from
the very, very beginning on the planning," Radl said. "That way,
there's less chance of repercussions later on." So far, the Port
Authority hasn't said yes or no to the idea of a citizens advisory board, but La
Vorgna said the agency is "open to all ideas." Editor's Note:
They are "open to all ideas," how gracious of them. I believe the Port
Authority will treat this community the same way they have treated all their
victims in New York City and New Jersey...with contempt. They only thing they
understand is lawsuits and I would suggest people who want to save their homes,
health and quality of life should start working on them. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/PA_Stewart-08Aug07.html
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/BIZ/708110318
Minneapolis:
Communities Suing For More "Noise Proofing" Money: Cities suing
for airport noise relief for homes have submitted a private settlement offer as
a judge requested. Minneapolis, Richfield and Eagan submitted their proposal
Monday to lawyers for the Metropolitan Airports Commission and Northwest
Airlines. Details are being withheld pending potential further negotiations.
Spokesman Pat Hogan said commission officials are reviewing the offer. Hennepin
County District Judge Stephen Aldrich, who held a trial on the issue last
winter, directed the cities this summer to make a settlement offer. He has
indicated that if no settlement is reached, he will rule on their suit by about
Aug. 24. The cities sued in 2005 for additional noise abatement from the
commission and Northwest. That is also the goal of a class-action suit filed
separately by seven residents, but the two challenges are based on different
legal claims. "This is going to be a tough case to settle so people
shouldn't get too excited about it," said Assistant Minneapolis City
Attorney Corey Conover. He said it's reasonable to assume that the city's
undisclosed offer seeks more noise relief than granted in a proposed settlement
in the class-action lawsuit. The announced class-action settlement proposal
would provide up to $65 million in noise-relief work to 4,400 homeowners. Those
homes would get air-conditioning, if they lack it, and up to $1,750 to pay for
other noise-relief measures. Rybak has said that sum covers barely half of the
homes covered by the suit and that none would get a full noise-insulation
package. http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1322334.html
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Important Aviation News Stories This Week
Stewart Airport — Even its harshest critics concede Stewart International Airport is going to continue to develop.
But an ad hoc group of citizens from many organizations hopes to at least control that development enough so that Stewart doesn't one day turn into some sort of "JFK North" that overwhelms the area.
After their recent first meeting with officials of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, group members and some elected officials who sat in on the session are hopeful those goals can be achieved.
The Port Authority is expected to become the new leaseholder and operator of Stewart around Nov. 1.
Maureen Radl, who co-chairs Ulsterites Fight Overflight Noise, one of the citizens groups, said they have two principal goals: to ensure Stewart remains a regional airport serving the mid-Hudson Valley and Catskills, and to get a citizens advisory board formed that would have input on all development at the airport.
"We want to be involved from the very, very beginning on the planning," Radl said. "That way, there's less chance of repercussions later on."
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston, said no one expects to stop development altogether at the airport. He said a key challenge for the Port Authority, and one which the citizens board could help meet, is finding a balance between that development and protecting the quality of life for the airport's neighbors.
In this case, "neighbors" includes anyone who lives on a flight path, not just those whose homes and businesses immediately surround the airport.
Port Authority spokesman Marc La Vorgna said it's been the agency's goal since it first expressed interest in running Stewart to keep the airport a regional one.
"We don't view it as another La Guardia," he said. The agency expects Stewart "to relieve pressure" on the three metropolitan area airports, but expects it to draw passengers from surrounding counties, "maybe Connecticut, maybe northern New Jersey."
So far, the Port Authority hasn't said yes or no to the idea of a citizens advisory board, but La Vorgna said the agency is "open to all ideas."
Sen. Chuck Schumer, who first publicly backed the idea of a citizens advisory board a few months ago, said in a statement issued yesterday, "It's essential that local residents' concerns and opinions be included in the planning of the airport's long-term future."
Minneapolis, Richfield and Eagan are seeking relief from the MAC and NWA for homeowners who live near the Twin Cities airport.
Cities suing for airport noise relief for homes have submitted a private settlement offer as a judge requested.Minneapolis, Richfield and Eagan submitted their proposal Monday to lawyers for the Metropolitan Airports Commission and Northwest Airlines. Details are being withheld pending potential further negotiations. Spokesman Pat Hogan said commission officials are reviewing the offer.
Hennepin County District Judge Stephen Aldrich, who held a trial on the issue last winter, directed the cities this summer to make a settlement offer. He has indicated that if no settlement is reached, he will rule on their suit by about Aug. 24.
The cities sued in 2005 for additional noise abatement from the commission and Northwest. That is also the goal of a class-action suit filed separately by seven residents, but the two challenges are based on different legal claims.
"This is going to be a tough case to settle so people shouldn't get too excited about it," said Assistant Minneapolis City Attorney Corey Conover. He said it's reasonable to assume that the city's undisclosed offer seeks more noise relief than granted in a proposed settlement in the class-action lawsuit.
"We think that we have offered a fair proposal, a fair compromise, which is going to protect homes and neighborhoods, which has been our goal from the beginning," said Jeremy Hanson, a spokesman for Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.
The announced class-action settlement proposal would provide up to $65 million in noise-relief work to 4,400 homeowners. Those homes would get air-conditioning, if they lack it, and up to $1,750 to pay for other noise-relief measures. Rybak has said that sum covers barely half of the homes covered by the suit and that none would get a full noise-insulation package.
Carolyn Anderson, an attorney for the class-action plaintiffs, said details of that proposed settlement still are being worked on.
Steve Brandt • 612-673-4438 • sbrandt@startribune.com