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#473........................................................................March
23, 2008 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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of the Week: "We know that noise from air traffic can be a source of
irritation, but our research shows that it can also be damaging for
people's
health, which is particularly significant in light of plans to expand
international air****ts," Dr. Lars Jarup, from the Department of
Epidemiology
and Public Health at Imperial College London, from a re****t now being used
by U.S. government agencies!!!
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"60 Minutes" Does Re****t On Sleep Disturbance!!!
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As Bill Sees It (Editorial): Do***entary Links Sleep Loss To Major Health
And Safety Problems!!! In a major television two-part do***entary CBS did
a
story (click on picture on the right for part two) on the major health
impacts that can be caused by sleep loss. While the do***entary carefully
avoided trans****tation noise (no surprise) as the main culprit in this
sleep
loss, the fact that the scientists doing the study used noise to disturb
the
sleep of the test subjects, showed (to me at least) the major role that it
plays in sleep disturbance. If the snoring of another person in the room
is
enough to escalate blood pressure, how much more damage do 747's flying
over
all night do? These scientists have the equipment to exactly determine
these
impacts and this should be part of every environmental *****sment and/or
impact study done on every air****t expansion plan. It was not done on the
massive Eastern Region Airspace Redesign Plan which is why this plan
should
be thrown out and a new one done. Why it hasn't been done is a story in
itself. I would like to see CBS or any other U.S. news media do a
do***entary on how in the early 1980's the trans****tation industry
(airlines and train) lobby pressured congress to remove funding for the
EPA's Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC). This effectively
stopped
all federal research into the health impacts of noise pollution.
Our Cor****ate-Controlled Federal Government Changing Their Tune On Health
Impacts Of Noise Pollution? You can tell something is changing when you
see
health studies regarding the health effects of noise pollution (done by
other governments of course) mentioned on government web sites. While the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still avoiding the noise
pollution
issue like the plague, other government health agencies are starting to
deal
with it and apparently these other government studies are being accepted
by
U.S. agencies!!! I did an online search of U.S. government sites and did
see
see new information the health effects of noise pollution and even a
mention
of blood pressure increase from aircraft noise!!! Although most of the
government sites still focused on noise in the workplace and noise-caused
hearing loss, it is obvious to me that a small revolt is going on within
our
corrupt, cor****ate-controlled government. I even saw on the phony Federal
Interagency Committee On Aviation Noise (FICON) web site a "pilot" (yuk
yuk)
re****t on the "RELATION****P BETWEEN AIRCRAFT NOISE REDUCTION AND CHANGES
IN
STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES!!!" Another site called "Medline Plus," which
calls
itself "a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the
National
Institutes of Health, actually had the recent story about the European
Union
study on the correlation of aviation noise!!! link on its web site. This
may
seem a small thing that is hidden away in a health "library," but I see it
a
sign that there is a revolt going on with doctors and scientists working
for
the government. As we get closer to the end of the reign of the Moron in
the
Oval Office I am hopeful that the revolt against the aviation industry and
their paid politician stooges will increase.
National Center On Sleep Disorder Carefully Avoids Dealing With CAUSES Of
Sleep Disturbance!!! While going in to great detail to look scientific,
the
NIH's National Center of Sleep Disorders Research carefully avoided
dealing
with the causes of sleep disturbance. This is as close as they got in
their
2003 re****t: Environmental noise/light: Ambient noise and vibration have
occasionally been studied as factors improving or impairing sleep quality,
but little is known regarding the extent to which various types of noise
and
vibration affect sleep. A few experiments have found that light at night
can
enhance alertness, and that properly timed light exposure can hasten phase
****fts of circadian biology (e.g., ****ft workers). There have been no
studies, however, to determine whether turning on room lights at night
adversely affects sleep quality or quantity. Editor's Note: Apparently
they
closed up shop after that. No doubt it was thought they were getting too
close to criticizing the aviation and rail industries.
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Im****tant Aviation
News
Stories This Week
Quiet Rockland Calls for Response from Mica on March 3, 2008 Letter To
Senators Lautenberg and Menendez
http://media-newswire.com/release_1062626.html
Quiet Rockland and others concerned with protecting air safety and our
biosphere are compelled to reply. You are incorrect about virtually all
your
conclusions. Virtually all your rationales you use to reach them, are in
error. Why would a Congressman like yourself purposefully disseminate
misinformation? The answer is clear. You continue to reside in the pocket
of
the airline industry, John Mica.
(Media-Newswire.com) - Quiet Rockland and others concerned with protecting
air safety and our biosphere are compelled to reply. You are incorrect
about
virtually all your conclusions. Virtually all your rationales you use to
reach them, are in error. Why would a Congressman like yourself
purposefully
disseminate misinformation? The answer is clear. You continue to reside in
the pocket of the airline industry, John Mica.
Your letter's introduction seems to suggest that if "Bobby" Sturgell is
not
confirmed as FAA Administrator, that will lead to a meltdown in aviation
safety. Yet we all know that the REAL meltdown has already occurred over
the
past five years, and you helped. The meltdown was Marion Blakey's and
"Bobby" Sturgell's mismanagement of the FAA. Right in your area, Orlando
International Air****t is experiencing a dangerous shortage of air traffic
controllers ( ATCs ). The shortage is caused by FAA's seemingly-perpetual
hostile treatment of its ATCs. But all you can say is "the shortage didn't
pose an immediate threat", even though Orlando International has 45% fewer
controllers than it had 5 years ago. You deceive the public.
Your responses to the Senator's concerns are flawed and incomplete. Let
me
respond to some of the further points in your letter:
NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign
Your letter suggests that this Redesign, for which you have in the recent
past taken to the road and shamelessly pandered as far north as Ridley
Park,
Pennsylvania, will solve delay problems. You indicate it is in the
national
interest that Redesign work proceeds. But what we well know, is that the
FAA's
sup****ting "promises" are specious. This proposed Airspace Redesign was a
US$50,000,000 boondoggle whose only purpose was to make a few people,
mostly
contractors, very rich. "Bobby" Sturgell has pushed the Redesign along,
attempting to rush its implementation ahead of the findings of a GAO audit
and investigation which will indubitably bring the Redesign cra****ng down
faster than a Southwest Airlines publicity balloon. According to FAA's own
Chief Operating Officer Henry "Hank" Krakowski, the FAA's Redesign is but
a
"Band-Aid" solution at best. And the real sin here, is that after wasting
all this United States currency, the Redesign can, according to ATC union
NATCA, actually make the delays worse. The Redesign would put more planes
in
the air than the air****ts can handle. Sturgell's FAA in recent years
deliberately screened ATCs off of the planning of the Redesign, instead
preferring to pay profiteers for US$50mm worth of useless PowerPoint
presentations. You see, Mr. Mica, the capacity limitation is on the
ground,
which is where the Airspace Redesign falls flat on its face. Your letter
says that "no redesign will satisfy everyone". However, the NY/NJ/PHL
Redesign will satisfy no one, except maybe the airline-company
profit-takers
that will be able to pump even more airplanes into the sky per unit time,
further increasing delays - and except those like you, that feed
downstream
from their trough. What caused the nation's flight delays was greed
expressed in the form of over-scheduling of flights and over-saturation of
our skies. It is the bad behavior of the airlines that is really the human
cause of these flight delays - that, and the shortage of controllers at
the
airlines' and FAA's hand. Keep the airlines from over-booking and
over-saturating the prime timeslots, and then maybe your will see a
measurable decrease in delays ( not the exaggerated, if even actual, 3
minutes that the FAA has "promised" with this Redesign ). And now NATCA
has
raised serious safety concerns regarding the Airspace Redesign. As one
whose
house will be flown-over by the Redesign if it occurs, I am not going to
sit
and listen while you misrepresent the facts about the Redesign to the
American people.
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