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Agreed, we should be more careful, but from your situation, I'd HAVE to
ask the complainers "Was the airport here when you bought your house?" IMHO, that's a fair question if the demand is for the airport to be shut down, or for restrictions to be imposed. However, it's irrelevant with respect to the question of being a good neighbor. Just because you're there first, that doesn't mean you shouldn't show consideration to people who move in later. Some people don't want airports at all. Of course, these folks are being unreasonable, and there's no use in trying to reason with them. However, most people would be satisfied to know that the users of the airport are aware of their concerns and are trying to be friendly neighbors. There's much to be gained by being willing to engage in an open discussion with the neighbors about their concerns and what can be done about those concerns. Well, that is of course a good point, but the major problem with this group is that it makes very little mention of anyone living next to or near an actual airport. Rather, they wish to assert their property rights for the homes they own, all the way to the airspace above them (which is of course a ridiculous proposition). They want to ban 'recreational' flying in any way, shape or form over private property, in favor of pilots purchasing and reserving plots of deserted land to fly over. They in fact state directly that this is not a grievance against any airport, but rather against all recreational flight activities, such as practice, sightseeing or any kind of fun. They go on to refer to such activities: "These activities can in no way be construed to have any socially redeeming value. They are performed solely for the benefit of the airmen involved at a painful cost to those on the ground." Here is the particuar excerpt that I have the biggest problem with: "Our goal is to remove the aerobatic and recreational flyers from the skies over our private property. This will be achieved by the assertion of property rights of the owners of the land and airspace through which these recreational aircraft fly, enforcement of federal, state and local environmental and public health laws, and by identifying and publishing the names and contact information for the organizations and individuals responsible for this abusive behavior. We believe that if there is to be a recreational flying community, then it must obtain at its own expense areas large enough to accommodate their waste noise without spilling over to adjacent properties in excess of the local regulatory limits. At present, in most communities, the limit is 10 decibels above background ambient levels. This is no different from requiring that the local rod and gun club secure and maintain an area for their activities that will ensure abutters that they will not be the recipients of waste noise or stray rounds. We are not attempting to halt expansion at any particular airport or at airports in general. We are concerned about where the recreational aircraft go to practice, sightsee or to just mark time. None of these activities is possible without a subsidy from the property owners on the ground who must involuntarily absorb the waste noise from these activities. These activities can in no way be construed to have any socially redeeming value. They are performed solely for the benefit of the airmen involved at a painful cost to those on the ground." This is nothing but self-important tripe, and honestly, it is just plain un-American. |
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