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Quote of the Week: "It continues the pattern of complete disregard by the
FAA for the quality of life of the residents of North Jersey," New Jersey
Congressman Steve Rothman complaining about the FAA's Airspace Redesign
Plan
details which were released this week
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#421.........................................................................March
18, 2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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Jersey, Pennsylvania Politicians Blast FAA Airspace Plan
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As Bill Sees It: (Editorial): New York "Authority" Assures Future Victims
Of
"New" Stewart Air****t: The RUSH to build a giant air cargo terminal and
hide
its impacts from the public is on. I attended what was billed the
"Regional
Economic Summit" at Ulster Community College in upstate New York. This was
a
public relations effort by the ****t Authority of NY/NJ to make it look
like
they were engaging the "community" in the planning of what they have in
the
past called the "4th major N.Y. City area air****t." The first thing I
noticed at the meeting was that everyone was wearing suits. The meeting
consisted, not the public, but mostly of people who thought they could
make
a profit from the planned ****t Authority buying of the Stewart Air****t
lease
this October!!! I was pleasantly surprised however during the question and
answer segment where people from the audience got up and asked questions
to
the panel. Half the questions were obviously hostile to the ****t Authority
building their atrocity in the Hudson Valley!!! Apparently a few
environmentalists, besides myself, had somehow got into this
businessmen's
meeting. By the time the ****t Authority executive director spoke it was
clear he knew that a vocal minority in the audience strongly opposed his
building a large air****t in the Hudson Valley. He assured the audience
that
Stewart Air****t would not be the same size as N.Y. City air****ts. I don't
believe him. I think that the real plan is to build a giant, heavily
night
operating, air cargo hub that will destroy the sleep and quality of life
for
this beautiful natural area. The battle is just beginning.
FAA Issues Press Release On Airspace Redesign Plan For New York, New
Jersey
and Pennslyvania: The next step in the FAA's latest assault on Americans.
Of
course all the senators, congressmen are lining up opposing it while
secretly negotiating with the air****ts for jobs for the friends,
sup****ters
and no doubt relatives.
Airbus 380 Looks TO BIG To Be Flying Passengers!!! I don't like planes and
usually I dislike big planes more; but watching the Airbus 380 landing at
JFK Air****t, it just seemed too big!!! It seemed very low to the runway
with its huge engines almost touching the ground. Its heavy wings seemed
seemed to flap as it landed. I couldn't help but wonder what would happen
if
this thing had a hard landing. I predict it will just take one of these
monsters cra****ng to finish it as a passenger plane. If one of these fully
fueled monsters wipes out a community, it may be finished as even a cargo
plane, which I think is the real reason it was first conceived. I saw one
glowing news account that said the Airbus 380 was "75 percent less noisier
than a Boeing 747." To actually know the noise impact this plane it would
have to take off fully loaded; something that obviously didn't happen...at
least in front of the cameras and microphones. It may be years before we
find out how dangerous this plane is, unless it is built and flown in
large
numbers. I warned for years about how dangerous the Concorde was, but it
wasn't until one crashed that it statistically became the most dangerous
plane model ever to fly.
Philadelphia, New Jersey Communities Not Happy With FAA Airspace Redesign
Announcement: Despite staunch opposition from an army of local elected
officials, the Federal Aviation Administration Friday announced a
preferred
airspace redesign alternative for the Northeast that would re-route
considerable air traffic over Delaware County from the Philadelphia
International Air****t. County Council Chairman Andy Reilly's dire forecast
of a "disaster for Delaware County" Thursday proved accurate as the FAA
chose the Integrated Airspace Alternative among the four that have been
studied for the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
Airspace
Project the past nine years. This alternative "best meets the purpose and
need of the project, which is to improve the efficiency and reliability of
the airspace structure and air traffic control system from southern
Connecticut to eastern Delaware," the FAA announced Friday at a
congressional briefing in Wa****ngton. The FAA sup****ted its decision for
the
five-state area saying it would result in a reduction in delays for
arrivals/departures, a reduction in the complexity of the current air
traffic system operation in Philadelphia and New York, improved
flexibility
in routing aircraft, among other factors. FAA Administrator Marion C.
Blakey
said the preferred alternative would save an estimated 12 million minutes
of
delay annually for the four major area air****ts -- Kennedy, LaGuardia,
Newark and Philadelphia. Each minute of delay costs air****ts in excess of
$60, an official said. Reilly, who attended the FAA briefing for
congressional staffers with County Solicitor John McBlain, said the plan
selected by the FAA was by far the most harmful to county residents.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18121902&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171&rfi=6
http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/stamford_templates/stamford_story/288496942560222.php
New York Air****t Operator Assures Worried Community About Air****t Plans:
STONE RIDGE - The executive director of the ****t Authority of New York and
New Jersey, which is expected to buy out the lease for Stewart
International
Air****t this fall, said on Tuesday that he doesn't expect Stewart to
become
the New York metropolitan region's fourth major air****t, as some have
predicted. Anthony Shorris, the keynote speaker at the Hudson Valley
Regional Economic Summit at Ulster County Community College, envisions
Stewart growing as a regional air****t. Its potential, he said, lies in
serving some of the 11 million customers of the metropolitan air****ts who
live north of the city. Possibly a third of those customers will begin
flying out of Stewart, Shorris said. Last year, some 310,646 people
traveled
through Stewart Air****t, down from 399,178 in 2005 and well below the
recent
peak of 532,948 in 2000. Shorris said he thinks Stewart may one day serve
4
million yearly, but he said that still doesn't compare to the 42.6 million
who travel through John F. Kennedy International Air****t annually.
"Stewart
will never be of the scale of those air****ts," he said. Shorris said he
realizes the im****tance of the "think local first" mentality of business
and
public leaders in the Hudson Valley, and won't forget that come takeover
time. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/SWF_PA_local-21Mar07.html
Editor's
Note: If you believe that I have a ****t Authority bridge I'd like to sell
you. Once this corrupt agency gets their claws into Stewart Air****t it
will
herald a new era of environmental degradation for the Hudson Valley.
Pennsylvannia: NEW Air Cargo Air****t Proposal Being "Rushed!!!" Gladstone
Partners, LP, a Pennsylvania limited partner****p has announced plans to
open
a cargo air****t near Humbolt Industrial Park in Hazleton, PA. The FAA is
currently reviewing the airspace request, agency spokesman Jim Peters said
Wednesday. Applicants must identify all schools, churches and obstructions
that fall within large trapezoid-shaped sections at the end of each
runway.
The agency will review potential obstacles such as buildings and power
lines. "The size of the trapezoid varies and increases with the size of
the
aircraft using the runway," he told Hazelton's Times Leader. Gladstone's
application proposes a 13,000-foot-long asphalt runway that's 200 feet
wide,
Peters said. "That would make it one of the longest runways in the
country,"
he added. The FAA will also evaluate how potential new flight patterns
will
mesh with the current air traffic system and whether aircraft can take off
and land safely from both ends of the runway.Luzerne County Commissioner
Greg Skrepe**** said Wednesday that he "loves the air****t concept" but
"owes
it to the public to gather more information before creating an authority."
During a public hearing earlier this month, concerns were raised about the
rush to create an air****t authority. Editor's Note: The rush is because
like
in the ****t Authority takeover of Stewart Air****t, they are ru****ng before
the public has a chance to get to know what the impacts will be.
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=3b89ca7f-124c-4e9a-b549-5c05964176dc
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Im****tant Aviation News Stories This
Week
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday a new plan in
handling
air traffic out of New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia air****ts that may
mean elevated noise levels in some communities.
The goal of the plan, which is called the Integrated Airspace Alternative,
is to update flight patterns - unchanged since the 1960s - to better
handle
the increasing flights in the Northeast, the agency said in a statement.
The plan would make arrivals and departures more efficient by combining
low-
and high-altitude airspace, the statement said. It also would cut delays
by
about 12 million minutes per year for Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark
International and Philadelphia International air****ts, the statement said.
U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg, both New Jersey
Democrats, said the plan would bring unacceptable, elevated noise levels
to
300,000 people in the state.
"Your proposal will have massive negative quality-of-life implications for
hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans and reduce property values for many
in our state," the senators wrote in a letter to FAA Administrator Marion
Blakey. They called on the plan to be re-evaluated "with aircraft noise
reduction as a major design element."
FAA program manager Steve Kelley said the agency is working on plans to
ease
noise, such as routing planes over less densely populated areas and having
jets descend in a way that uses less engine power.
A meeting to discuss noise mitigation associated with the agency's plan is
scheduled to be held April 23 at LaGuardia Air****t Marriott Hotel. The FAA
said it expects to publish the Environmental Impact Statement and make a
decision this summer on how to proceed with the project.
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