Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #449.............................................................................October 7, 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
Quote of the Week: "We have been advised by numerous counsels, including those there today, that this is a political fight, not just a legal battle," comment from a New Caanan, Connecticut politician on the need to fight the FAA's Airspace Redesign Plan
More Communities Suing The FAA!!!
As
Bill Sees It (Editorial):
More Communities Joining Together To Fight Airspace Redesign Scheme!!!
It looks like the soon to be noise-impacted people in Connecticut are getting smart and
joining some New York communities in fighting the FAA's Airspace Redesign Plan.
Organized resistance to the Aviation Cabal polluters is the only way to stop
their nefarious scheme. As the FAA is an expert at playing off
communities against each other, the one thing they, and the politicians and
airlines that
enable them, is communities working together to fight them. I would like to see
not only Connecticut and New York communities working together but New Jersey,
Delaware and Pennsylvania joining the coalition. If these other communities
think they are going to be able to save their quality of life by fighting the
FAA alone they are going 
to be in for a big disappointment. That is
the game the FAA LOVES to play because they know they and their airline
corporate bosses are going to win. Connecticut
Leading Fight Against Airspace Redesign Noise!!! How interesting that
Connecticut communities 
seem to be leading the way in a united legal action
against the FAA when they were not even mentioned in the New
York, New Jersey and Philadelphia Airspace Redesign Plan yet they seem to be
the most vocal against it. How diabolical of the FAA to carefully exclude
from the noise and air pollution impacts an entire state!!! It just another
example of the duplicity of this hideous agency which only cares about the
aviation industry and does everything it can to hide the health and
environmental impacts in their airport expansion schemes. Communities should
make it clear to every one of their politicians that will lose their next
election unless they put a stop to the plan to increase the noise over their
homes. People must not accept the usual politician's con jobs that make it only
APPEAR that they
are doing something while actually doing nothing.
Connecticut
And New York Joining Forces To Fight The FAA!!! - Town officials from Fairfield County and New York are
joining forces to oppose flight pattern changes around LaGuardia Airport
approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA plan would shift
LaGuardia arrivals east over Fairfield County and some New York suburbs to
reduce delays. But local officials say the changes would bring more noise and
pollution to the region. Town officials met Thursday and agreed to hire a law
firm, lobbyist and advocacy firm to fight the FAA's plan. The effort could end
up costing the municipalities about $1 million, officials said. The all-day
meeting included local government leaders from Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien,
Wilton, Stamford, Norwalk, Weston, Westport, Redding, Ridgefield and Pound
Ridge, N.Y. They interviewed firms but did not announce who they hired. "We
have been advised by numerous counsels, including those there today, that this
is a political fight, not just a legal battle," New Canaan First Selectman
Judy Neville said. "You're not going to win without the whole nine
yards." The towns will share the costs based on their populations and
geographical sizes, but there is no agreement yet on a formula, she said.
Stamford has set aside $30,000 for the effort. Darien First Selectman Evonne
Klein said she plans to urge local finance officials to approve $30,000
initially and possibly another $20,000 next year. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--airspaceredesign1005oct05,0,7765581.story
England: Government Hides Damming
Aircraft Noise Study!!! Aircraft noise causes much more annoyance than
previously thought, according to a study fo
r
the Department for Transport which the Government is attempting to conceal while
it plans the expansion of Heathrow. The existing method of measuring aircraft
noise, adopted a quarter of a century ago, is too narrow and outdated, the study
concludes. It fails to take account either of the huge growth in the number of
flights or the public’s growing demand for quietness. While individual
aircraft have become quieter, the number of flights at Heathrow has grown from
273,000 in 1982 to 477,000 last year. The study also found that aircraft noise
causes greater annoyance to people on higher incomes, those in the social groups
A and B and those aged 35 to 64. The current method takes none of these factors
into account. The Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources in England (Anase)
study, a draft copy of which has been obtained by The Times, undermines the case
for building a third runway at Heathrow. The runway, which the Government has
said should open between 2015 and 2020, would create new flight paths and result
in an extra 500 flights a day over London. The number of Heathrow flights
between 11.30pm and 6am is currently restricted to about 16 a night.
Editor's Note: 16 flights a night!!! Thank God Americans don't have to worry
about night time restrictions. "Our" vicious, corporate-controlled
government, with its corporate/union paid politicians, can't expand night
flights fast enough. http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article2584834.ece
Thailand:
Noise Opposition Doesn't Abate Against Suvarnabhumi Airport!!! It has
been exactly one year, one week and two days since the official opening of the
pride of Thailand _ Suvarnabhumi Airport. The Airports of Thailand Co., Ltd. (AOT)
has, however, failed to sort out the chaos it created a year ago in the lives of
those residents who reside next to the massive hub of Southeast Asia. These
people continue to be traumatised by stress induced by the relentless noise from
the airport in their midst. The disturbing thunder-like roars from the planes
which sweep their roofs every few minutes continue to cause them sleepless
nights. And it's not only the noise, but also the exposure to toxic exhaust
fumes from jet engines, that constantly take a toll on their health, says a
resident at the Khehanakhorn 2 housing estate. After a year of waiting patiently
for the AOT to address the matter, residents finally stood up to protest in
front of the airport last month, but it looks as though their cries for help are
falling on deaf ears. http://www.bangkokpost.com/Perspective/07Oct2007_pers13.php
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Important Aviation News Stories This Week
Connecticut Communities Join New York In Opposing Airspace Redesign Scheme!!!
GREENWICH, Conn. - Town officials from Fairfield County and
New York are joining forces to oppose flight pattern changes around LaGuardia
Airport approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA plan would shift LaGuardia arrivals east over Fairfield County and some
New York suburbs to reduce delays. But local officials say the changes would
bring more noise and pollution to the region.
Town officials met Thursday and agreed to hire a law firm, lobbyist and advocacy
firm to fight the FAA's plan. The effort could end up costing the municipalities
about $1 million, officials said.
The all-day meeting included local government leaders from Greenwich, New
Canaan, Darien, Wilton, Stamford, Norwalk, Weston, Westport, Redding, Ridgefield
and Pound Ridge, N.Y. They interviewed firms but did not announce who they
hired.
"We have been advised by numerous counsels, including those there today,
that this is a political fight, not just a legal battle," New Canaan First
Selectman Judy Neville said. "You're not going to win without the whole
nine yards."
The towns will share the costs based on their populations and geographical
sizes, but there is no agreement yet on a formula, she said.
Stamford has set aside $30,000 for the effort. Darien First Selectman Evonne
Klein said she plans to urge local finance officials to approve $30,000
initially and possibly another $20,000 next year.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he is also planning to
challenge the FAA plans, but he will focus on the interests of the state as a
whole.
"They need their own lawyers because their interests are distinct and
separate from the state," Blumenthal said. "If the effect of the
lawsuit were to direct more air traffic over Danbury or Canaan, we would be
equally determined to avoid that harm."
The FAA announced new flight patterns in the congested airspace around New York
and Philadelphia in March.
Officials in suburban Philadelphia filed a similar suit last month.
Agency officials said the plan will ease delays, save airlines money and bring
desperately needed efficiency to a patchwork airspace map that has been
unchanged since the 1960s.
But some communities in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware will see noisy jets flying over them for the first time.
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