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Why do you feel entitled to compensation? Bad things happen to good people.
Life isn't fair. Live with it. It seems that you're angry at the 10% (your figure) pilots who create the problem, along with the establishment for not resolving what you perceive as a problem, and have decided to do whatever you can to get even. Swatting flies with a cannon. Like I said, you are punishing ME, personally, by taking money from my pocket to pay for a useless containment system. What do you get from it, except the satisfaction of 'getting even'? You've stated that everything you've done is legal. Tell me, is it right? "Skylune" wrote in message lkaboutaviation.com... Well how am I, who bought property about 5 miles from the airport about 15 years ago, specifically avoiding areas around both runways and in the pattern, being compensated for pilots who want to engage in low level flying? And for the airport that now means to expand to attract more business?? I've gone to the meetings, and met the ridiculous "airport here first argument." (Because of their age, almost all airports were there first. Does that mean they can expand --with my taxpayer money and commercial airline surcharges--without limit?) I have been treated with disdain by the airport staff, and in a patronizing way by the moronic airport consultant they hired to conduct a public meeting. On the (only three) occassions I called to complain about a REALLY low, loud flier, I was treated by disdain by the airport staff and the FAA. (Like anyone on the ground can get an N number of a plane zoooming about 500 ft overhead....). So I got fed up, did my research, and exercised my rights to express my opinion. Never broke any laws, threatened, etc. Everyone knows that voluntary noise abatement is a total joke. Why is it that boats, motorcycles, cars, stereos, leaf blowers, barking dogs, EVERYTHING, are subject to community noise ordinances except GA? Its true that a leaf blower may make more noise up close (not more than the idiot Mooney pilot, though). The difference is that my neighbors have respect for one another, and we are not anonymous, unlike the looney Mooney pilot who was flying every morning before five -- I guess he likes the smooth air and how his plane could really rip at that hour...... As far as the EPA regulations, we all must abide by regulations we don't necessarily agree with. I didn't write them, and I may not even agree with them. Its the EPA that is costing you money on this particular issue. And rising fuel prices are taking a toll on everyone. Discretionary activities, like flying for pleasure (and most boating), will of course take a disproportionate hit. |
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