Noise abatement procedures can kill people, since they
involve power and flap settings mandated by city councils
and they often have microphones placed to monitor noise on
the ground. Pilots are threatened with jail and fines, and
some pilots, knowing where the mics were located would
reduce power while over the microphones.

The Air Florida crash at Washington, DC was caused by a
combination of ice on the wings and more importantly in the
engine probes that are used to set power. The Washington
National airport had noise abatement procedures that
required less than full power and the pilot, according to
the NTSB could have saved the airplane with full power. The
feeling was that the pilot did not firewall the power levers
because the gauges said he was at power. Did the pilot
worry about a silly noise rule or was he worried about
exceeding an EPR, nobody knows for sure. Of course, the
pilot had an accurate RPM and EGT, which seems to have been
ignored.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Morgans" wrote in message
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| "Guy Elden Jr" wrote in message
|
oups.com...
| There's another reason... reassuring passengers every
time they pass by
| it that pilots are going to obey the noise abatement
rules. I've had
| pax point out the signs at my local airport and after
telling them what
| it's for they usually nod approvingly.
|
| Nod approvingly for the fact that it is a P.C. piece of
nonsense, or that
| you and others are obeying noise abatement?
| --
| Jim in NC
|