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#478........................................................................April
28, 2008 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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of the Week: "you have aligned yourself with the aviation industry
interests by opposing flight caps." from a letter to Senator Schumer from
New Jersey Coalition Against Aircraft Noise (NJCAAN) and Ourspace
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Schumer Blasted On Air****t Flight "Caps" Position!!!
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As Bill Sees It (Editorial): German Youtube Video Highlights Aviation
"Chemtrails!!! You don't have to understand the language to be impressed
with the pictures of airplanes spewing pollution into "our" skies. While
some scientists say that aviation contributes only 3 % percent of CO2
pollution to the air they usually fail to mention that these planes
deliver
their pollution into the upper atmosphere where it can stay (and
ac***ulate)
for 100 years!!! Read a 2006 USA Today story on it.
New Jersey Groups Blast Senator Schumer On Air****t Flight "Caps!!!"
I'm
glad to see that Senator "Chuck" Schumer is finally being exposed for the
aviation industry expansion agent, con man and environmental criminal he
is.
Two New Jersey environmental groups, OurAirspace and NJCAAN who have been
leading the fight against the infamous FAA Airspace Redesign scheme
co-signed (see letter below) the letter to Schumer. I wish them good luck
in
trying to get Schumer to reverse his opposition on air****t expansion
flight
caps. Watch Schumer use the favorite democrat political ploy of using
other
environmental issues to cover his sup****t of his sup****t of a highly
polluting issue. No doubt we will soon see him getting news media
attention
with an award from some environmental group for his sup****t of biofuels,
solar power or using paper bags instead of plastic.
Other Pro-Aviation Expansion "Environmentalist" DemocRAT Politician Con
Men!!! A good example of a phony environmentalist politician is Rep. John
Hall (D-NY pictured on the left at a rally for air passenger rights) in
whose district a 4th major N.Y. City "reliever" air****t is being expanded.
Hall refused to have any environmental study done on the acquisition and
expansion of Stewart Air****t in his district by the N.Y. City metropolitan
area air****t operator, the ****t Authority of NY and NJ. This week Hall got
media attention for pu****ng the "EPA to take the lead in Global
Warming!!!"
Stewart Air****t operations have TRIPLED this year over last year and
"environmentalist" politicians like Hall and his partner-in-crime, Rep.
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), gleefully predict even more doubling and tripling
of
air traffic at Stewart!!!
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12/19/2006 USA Today Article On Aviation And Global Warming: Aviation and
the environment are on a collision course. The number of airline flights
worldwide is growing and expected to skyrocket over the coming decades.
Aircraft emissions pollute the air and threaten by 2050 to become one of
the
largest contributors to global warming, British scientists have concluded.
Much remains unknown about climate change and the role aviation plays,
though climate scientists express particular concern about jet emissions
in
the upper atmosphere, where the warming effect from some pollutants is
amplified. Now, aviation is believed to be less a factor in the Earth's
warming than power plants or vehicular traffic. But its emissions are
considerable. On a New York-to-Denver flight, a commercial jet would
generate 840 to 1,660 pounds of carbon dioxide per passenger. That's about
what an SUV generates in a month. With the projected explosion in
worldwide
travel, air pollution from aviation is a growing concern among scientists,
and it's drawing increased scrutiny from governments, particularly in
Europe. NASA scientist Patrick Minnis has studied contrails and believes
they may have a prominent role in global warming. A 2002 re****t by the
British scientific commission agrees, concluding that "aviation-induced
cirrus clouds will be a significant contributor to warming." But Minnis
says
another NASA study concludes that the contrails have little effect on
global
warming. Further research is being done. Carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping
gas that can remain in the atmosphere about 100 years. Scientists say
planes' engines emit up to 3% of all carbon dioxide that contributes to
global warming, but the figure appears to be on the rise.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2006-12-18-jet-pollution-usat_x.htm
Editor's Note: Maybe somebody should send this article to environmental
con
man Rep. John Hall who is behind the expansion of New York's Stewart
Air****t.
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Im****tant Aviation
News
Stories This Week
Letter To The "Honorable" Sen. Chuck Schumer By New Jersey Environmental
Groups!!!!
Honorable Senator Charles E. (Chuck) Schumer (D-NY)
United States Senator, United States Senate
RE: Clarification On Opposition To Flight Caps
We are writing to you because of your opposition to FAA efforts to
introduce
"caps" on the number of aircraft that take off and land during key
periods.
Our Airspace and the New Jersey Coalition Against Aircraft Noise (NJCAAN)
strongly disagree with this position and believe that the efforts will
effectively reduce delays and air emissions, while enhancing safety at the
area air****ts.
After careful study, the FAA has concluded that much of the regions delay
problems stem from attempts to press far more operations into key hourly
slots than can be accommodated even under the best of weather conditions.
The FAA reached out to the aviation industry to resolve the problem by
limiting the scheduling of flights. These efforts were unsuccessful. The
FAA proposed "caps" are perhaps the only way of ensuring that airspace and
air****t capacity is effectively used. Caps also will promote safety.
However, you have aligned yourself with the aviation industry interests by
opposing flight caps.
A recent re****t published by the New York Comptroller titled "Soaring
Flight
Delays Diminish NYC's International and Domestic Competitiveness while
Increasing Local Pollution" highlights the excessive idle time that
aircraft
spend on the metro air****t runways that results from air carriers
over-scheduling operations*. (Note: see below chart and analysis related
to
operations over-scheduling at Newark Air****t and the relation****p with
delays.) Taxi time is higher than the national average by 125% at Kennedy
Air****t, 75% at LaGuardia, and 81% at Newark. The Comptroller's re****t
highlights the significant increase in volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
that is generated from excessive idling. In addition, the Federal
Aviation
Administration (FAA) has begun to introduce new low altitude flight
patterns
over residential communities throughout the metropolitan area in its
effort
to add incremental capacity to the area air****ts, which includes
elimination
of long-established noise-abatement procedures. These efforts have
devastating effects on the residential communities and will be ineffective
in resolving delays.
Given that we believe that flight caps are the only feasible means to
reduce
delays and taxi time, we are appealing to you to reverse your position, or
at least provide the informational basis for your position that delays can
be resolved without imposing flight caps.
Heather V. Wolf
Executive Director
OurAirspace
contact@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Belzer
President, NJCAAN
rbelzer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NY Comptroller Re****t: Soaring Flight Delays Diminish NYC's
International
and Domestic Competitiveness while Increasing Local Pollution
"The average taxi-out-the period between gate departure and "wheels
up"-has
increased more in New York than elsewhere. For the first nine months of
2007, the average taxi-out time was 36 minutes at John F. Kennedy
International Air****t, 29 minutes at Newark Liberty International Air****t,
and 28 minutes at LaGuardia Air****t. The national average was 16 minutes.
Since 2003, the average taxi-out has increased by 14 minutes at Kennedy,
four minutes at LaGuardia, and five minutes at Newark compared to an
increase of 1.3 minutes nationally."
Re****t Internet Link:
http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/opm/re****ts/12-02-07_Air****t_Re****t-grounded_re****t.pdf
Air****t Delays-A Direct Relation****p With Volume
Below is a chart of capacity utilization at Newark Air****t from the
"Newark
International Air****t Capacity Enhancement Plan" re****t dated May 2000.
The
delay issue at Newark is a function of carriers scheduling operations in
excess of instrument flight rule (IFR) capacity and in certain instances
in
excess of visual flight rule (VFR) capacity. This level of operations is
ok
until weather conditions deteriorate. At that point, the facility is
operating in excess of its available capacity. In the Newark Air****t
capacity enhancement re****t, this function is shown in the demand chart
illustrated below. At a certain level of operations, the delays go
through
the roof. We believe that the air carriers routinely push the envelope on
this demand curve at Newark Air****t (and the rest of the air****ts in the
metropolitan area) until the delays become too costly to maintain.
Source: pp. 6--Newark International Air****t Capacity Enhancement Plan.
(Full re****t available upon request.)
Source: pp. 8--Newark International Air****t Capacity Enhancement Plan.
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