The graphic (website) version of this newsletter can be accessed at:
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Quote of the Week: "They wouldn't all come to Stewart, not even in the
best
of cir***stances" quote from ****t Authority of NY/NJ Executive Director
Anthony Shorris on his poor expectations of New York's Stewart Air****t
being
used as passenger air****t
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Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#413.........................................................................January
21, 2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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The PASSUR air****t
flight
tracking system at many major U.S. air****ts
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Air Cargo "Reliever" Air****t For Upstate New York?
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As Bill Sees It: (Editorial) N.Y. City Cared About Air****t Noise
Impacts...Fifty Years Ago : I found this 8/23/1958 newsreel showing the
first passenger jet to land at JFK (formerly called Idlewild) Air****t. It
was interesting to see that once the N.Y. City government seems to have
cared about noise impacts of jet aircraft noise on the public. How things
have changed since then and how many millions of New Yorkers wish they
could
go back to the days before the "progress" of air****t expansion ruined
their
sleep and quality of life. N.Y. City Looks To "Relieve" Itself On Upstate
Communities: Residents of New York's quiet Hudson Valley can say goodbye
to
their treasured peace as their politicians have sold them out to the ****t
Authority of New York and New Jersey. This bi-state agency is looking to
convert upstate Stewart air****t, which is 70 miles from Manhattan, as a
4th
major "reliever" air****t to serve the New York City metropolitan area. Of
course, the politicians are ****traying the purchase of the upstate air****t
by the ****t Authority as an "improvement" of passenger service to region
and
the greatest thing since sliced bread. They actually think that upstaters
are going to think people are going to travel 70 miles just to fly in and
out of Stewart Air****t. That is why I believe the real plan is to build a
giant, air cargo operation...heavily used at night!!! The ****t Authority
and the democRAT (like Chuck Schumer) politicians may have a problem as
this
area is full of active environmentalists who just might not like the idea
of
having their beautiful natural area turned into a dumping ground for N.Y.
City air****ts. They are not going to be quick to buy the con job and give
up
their peace and quiet so N.Y. City can relieve itself on them.
British "Plane Stupid" Group Fight Aviation Expansion!!! I like this
group's
logo and mission statement. While British environmental groups are totally
behind the major expansions planned on them, American environmentalist
groups don't seem to want to offend the aviation industry. In New York
City
the ****t Authority, which runs the air****ts, has contracts with major
environmental groups from everything to bird control to managing wetlands
adjacent to the air****ts. These payoffs insure that these groups keep
there
members in line whenever the ****t Authority has a new environmental
assault
on public. I'm sure the British government is looking into the same kind
of
method to buy protection from their "environmental" groups.
N.Y. City And New Jersey Wants To Dump Their Plane Noise On Upstate
Communities!!! National Express Group PLC said in a news release from
London
today it "is pleased to note the announcement by the ****t Authority of New
York and New Jersey Board Commissioners that they have approved the
purchase
of the operating lease at Stewart International Air****t, New York State
for
$78.5 million." The release said negotiations with the authority began
shortly before Christmas and are expected to be completed soon. "Residents
who live north of New York City, in fast growing Rockland, Orange, and
northern New Jersey, even out to Connecticut and northern parts of
Westchester - it's about 11 million of our passengers today who live in
that
catch 'em area," said ****t Authority Executive Director Anthony Shorris.
"They wouldn't all come to Stewart, not even in the best of cir***stances,
but does that means there is a capacity and an op****tunity for dramatic
growth over the 300,000 passengers that are there now, potentially into
the
millions of passengers? Absolutely."
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070127/BUSINESS/70127019/1003
New York: NYC Had the Worst Year Of Air****t Delays: In less than shocking
news, New York City had the worst air****t delays in the whole country. Not
only are Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark air****ts very crowded, bad weather
was also a factor making 2006 a record year for air****t delays. At
LaGuardia, planes were delayed at least 15 minutes 31.6% of the time
(between January and November 2006); JFK flights were delayed 27.7% of the
time; and Newark had 33.5% delays - making it the most delayed air****t in
the country. Of all the air****ts looking forward to the ****t Authority's
Stewart Air****t lease, it's probably Newark who wants it the most.
http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2007/01/27/nyc_had_the_wor.php
Stewart
Air****t "Environmental" Issues To Be Addressed In Buyout!!! New York -
Stewart Air****t has a number of environmental issues to be addressed, the
****t Authority of New York and New Jersey acknowledged when it voted to
buy
the lease for the Newburgh air****t this week. The air****t was a former
military air base and has several different types of contamination that
the
state Department of Trans****tation continues to remediate, the ****t said.
That contamination includes sub-surface fuel, military waste, hazardous
waste, volatile compounds such as explosives, and other matter, the
resolution to buy the lease states. ****t spokesman Mark LaVorgna said
those
will be addressed. "We recognize the im****tance of all of these issues,"
he
said. "Obviously we are getting in on the ground floor now and we
certainly
tend to take all those seriously and doing the proper diligence on all
those
issues." http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/SWF_PA_env-27Jan07.html
Editor's
Note: Of course the "environmental" issues of increased noise and air
pollution on the Hudson Valley are not even being discussed!!!
England: Plane Stupid Organization Fighting For Silent Nights (from their
web site) Aviation is the fastest growing cause of climate change and a
major threat to the earth and everything on it. But rather than reining
the
industry in and trying to reduce demand for flying, the government is
promoting it through tax breaks and through its plans for massive
expansion:
the equivalent of a new Heathrow every five years. Plane Stupid is a
coalition of air****t residents and environmentalists who use direct action
to stop the destruction of the environment and communities caused by
air****t
expansion and aviation. Plane Stupid demands a fundamental rethink of the
government's 2003 Aviation White Paper which predicts that air travel will
treble by 2030: an increase in annual plane journeys from 180 million to
501
million. We want to see air****t expansion plans scrapped, a tax on
aviation
fuel and an end to short haul flights.
http://www.planestupid.com/index.php?location=aboutus
@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aviation News Stories This Week
Expanding Stewart will increase noise and pollution
By Patricia Peters and Maureen Radl
January 24, 2007
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/OPINION/701240315
Stewart Air****t has not been successful in providing affordable passenger
service to residents of the mid-Hudson, so now efforts are being made to
interest the ****t Authority in developing it as the metropolitan area's
fourth regional air****t to relieve congestion at Kennedy, La Guardia, and
Liberty-Newark.
William DeCota, ****t Authority aviation director, predicts that Stewart
has
the potential to handle as many as 10 million passengers a year, 25 times
the amount it had last year.
Developing Stewart as a reliever air****t for metropolitan traffic,
however,
is not in keeping with the 1993 Stewart Air****t Master Plan designation as
a
regional air****t serving the travel needs of residents within an hour
radius.
Most residents of the mid-Hudson do not want their skies full of noisy,
circling jetliners and highways jammed with people who really want to land
in New York City and are in a hurry to get there.
In addition, because of the air****t's positioning near a nexus of
interstates, it has long been seen as a cargo hub that could relieve cargo
problems at the metropolitan air****ts. Cargo traffic means larger, noisier
planes, more frequent flights at disturbing times such as late night or
early morning. It also means sprawl, truck traffic, more emissions from
ground vehicles and maintenance and fueling facilities.
Air****ts are not regulated in the same way as other significant air
pollution sources. State and local regulations are powerless and, as a
result, other local industries have to assume more of the burden in
meeting
mandated emission reduction deadlines (NRDC, 1996, Flying Off Course).
This
means that noise and air pollution from outside our region will be ****pped
in with little benefit to local citizens or the local economy.
Air****ts are giant generators of pollution and may be a necessary evil,
like
landfills.
Decisions about Stewart's growth should be based on a consideration of
pro****tional good and harm to the local public and not on solving the
congestion problems of the metropolitan air****ts or on enhancing the
bottom
line of a relatively small group of businesses that stand to profit.
Mid-Hudson residents should carefully consider the consequences before
giving the ****t Authority full reign over Stewart Air****t.
Patricia Peters and Maureen Radl both live in Cragsmoor and are part of
Ulsterites Fight Overflight Noise.
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