Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #470........................................................................March 2,  2008 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: “This plan will further exacerbate the poor air quality facing our region and particularly impact our children and citizens with compromised respiratory and immune systems,” comment in a news story by Greenwich, Connecticut First Selectman Peter J. Tesei on Airspace Redesign scheme

British Revolting Over Plane Noise!!!

As Bill Sees It (Editorial):  Creative, British Anti-Airport Expansion Activists Get Media Attention!!!  I fully support he "illegal" demonstrations by British activists this week against Heathrow Airport expansion and its effects on the climate. Although I would rather see a creative, legal demonstration that publicizes aviation pollution, the media seems to pay more attention to when people are willing to break the law to make their point. If demonstrators did such a thing in the U.S. you would quickly see the FBI and other federal agencies involved with this "terrorist" act interfering with the mythical "national air transportation system." Of course the real terrorists is the airline industry (which includes the unions) and their paid political partners-in-crime who think nothing of have planes flying low over densely populated areas at 3AM in the morning. You can be sure that these same Aviation Cabal entities will do everything in their power to suppress the recent British studies that have shown an immediate, direct link with aircraft noise and high blood pressure and all health impacts that are associated with it. Some Politicians "Starting" To Expose Lack Of Health Impacts In Airspace Redesign Plan!!!  More and more I'm starting to notice the issue of health impacts being mentioned by politicians who are representing their communities in the fight against airport expansion. Increasing blood pressure, heart disease, strokes from the increase noise that comes with airport expansion and  is the most powerful argument that communities can make. It is also a good basis for legal suits as the government does not address these issues in their environmental impacts. Unfortunately, instead of focusing on health issues most politicians are spending their time worrying about things like attacking individuals in the FAA. This seems to me to be a diversionary tactic designed to win the approval of voters while doing nothing to stop the FAA expansion plans. Why aren't these politicians bringing legal suits based on the health impacts aviation noise and air pollution will bring to their constituents?  I just don't understand it unless these politicians are really in bed with the Aviation Cabal (FAA, airlines and unions), which wouldn't surprise me in the least. 

England: Activists Break The Law To Fight Aviation Polluters!!! Four activists from environmental campaigners Greenpeace breached security at London Heathrow to stage a protest on top of a jet against the airport's planned expansion, the group said Monday. The activists climbed on top of a British Airways Boeing 777 plane which had just landed from Manchester at around 0945 GMT and unfurled a huge banner across the tailfin reading: "Climate Emergency -- No Third Runway". Their action came two days before the end of a government consultation on plans to expand Heathrow, notably by building a third runway, which have proved highly controversial with green campaigners and some local people. Supporters of the scheme including airlines and business argue that it is vital to sustain London's status as a world financial centre. One of those involved in the protest, Anna Jones, 27, said: "I am standing on this plane because our planet and the people who live on it are in danger. "Climate change can be beaten but not by doubling the size of the world's biggest airport." The demonstrators were arrested by police after spending about an hour and a half on top of the jet. Services at Heathrow were largely unaffected. BAA, which operates most of Britain's airports, said it would carry out a "full investigation" into the incident. A spokesman said: "There is an important debate to be had regarding airport expansion and BAA respects people's democratic right to protest lawfully. "However, direct action on the airfield is unlawful and irresponsible." Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways and a supporter of the expansion plan, said that aviation only produced about two percent of carbon emissions. And he added that a third runway would not lead overall to an increase because by then, aviation emissions would be capped by the European Union's carbon trading scheme. http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Environmentalists_climb_on_Heathrow_02252008.html 

New York/New Jersey Airport "Authority" Finds Acceptable Pollution From Teterboro Airport!!! Fumes from taxiing jets are responsible for air pollution, but a study released last month revealed that the air quality around busy Teterboro Airport isn’t much worse than it is throughout Bergen County’s other urban neighborhoods. Paid for by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, the study, which was made public during a special meeting at Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, stated that certain health risks were elevated near the airport. U.S. Representative Steve Rothman (picture on right), who has championed of quality of life issues around Teterboro, released a statement in response to the study results. “Some may argue that the air quality results in this study seem are on par with that of other airports, suggesting they are acceptable. However, that view misses the point: Teterboro Airport was never intended to serve as a major hub…” he said. “Teterboro is a reliever airport, located right in the middle of a neighborhood. Residents live just a few hundred yards from the runways where the sensors for this study were placed. Teterboro air traffic, and the resulting noise and air pollution, are clear impediments to the quality of life for Teterboro area residents. This study does not answer all of the questions I have posed, nor does it address all the concerns of residents. But it is proof that continued work is needed to decrease the number and size of aircraft operating at Teterboro Airport." The size and number of jets that use the airport is trouble to many residents, including Wehrle. “The arrival and departure routes for aircraft from Teterboro are very close to Hackensack University Medical Center well as the high-rises on Prospect Avenue. This is an accident waiting to happen,” Wehrle told Hackensack Chronicle, adding that the coalition and the Port Authority have pleaded with the Federal Aviation Administration to change flight patterns. “These requests fall on deaf ears.” http://hackensackchronicle.com/NC/0/104.html Editor's Note: I would like to see a study that wasn't paid for by the Port Authority. Also, how about a blood pressure study after recent studies have shown a IMMEDIATE increase in blood pressure with noise pollution.

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