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Quote of the Week: "We have been advised by numerous counsels,
including those there today, that this is a political fight, not just
a legal battle," comment from a New Caanan, Connecticut politician on
the need to fight FAA's Airspace Redesign scheme
Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#449.............................................................................October
7, 2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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More Communities Suing The FAA!!!

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As Bill Sees It (Editorial): More Communities Joining Together To
Fight Airspace Redesign Scheme!!! It looks like the soon to be
noise-impacted people in Connecticut are getting smart and joining
some New York communities in fighting the FAA's Airspace Redesign
Plan. Organized resistance to the Aviation Cabal polluters is the only
way to stop their nefarious scheme. As the FAA is an expert at playing
off communities against each other, the one thing they, and the
politicians and airlines that enable them, is communities working
together to fight them. I would like to see not only Connecticut and
New York communities working together but New Jersey, Delaware and
Pennsylvania joining the coalition. If these other communities think
they are going to be able to save their quality of life by fighting
the FAA alone they are going to be in for a big disappointment. That
is the game the FAA LOVES to play because they know they and their
airline corporate bosses are going to win.

Connecticut Leading Fight Against Airspace Redesign Noise!!! How
interesting that Connecticut communities seem to be leading the way in
a united legal action against the FAA when they were not even
mentioned in the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia Airspace
Redesign Plan yet they seem to be the most vocal against it. How
diabolical of the FAA to carefully exclude from the noise and air
pollution impacts an entire state!!! It just another example of the
duplicity of this hideous agency which only cares about the aviation
industry and does everything it can to hide the health and
environmental impacts in their airport expansion schemes. Communities
should make it clear to every one of their politicians that will lose
their next election unless they put a stop to the plan to increase the
noise over their homes and that they will not accept con jobs that
make it only appear that they are doing something.

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Connecticut And New York Joining Forces To Fight The FAA!!! - Town
officials from Fairfield County and New York are joining forces to
oppose flight pattern changes around LaGuardia Airport approved by the
Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA plan would shift LaGuardia
arrivals east over Fairfield County and some New York suburbs to
reduce delays. But local officials say the changes would bring more
noise and pollution to the region. Town officials met Thursday and
agreed to hire a law firm, lobbyist and advocacy firm to fight the
FAA's plan. The effort could end up costing the municipalities about
$1 million, officials said. The all-day meeting included local
government leaders from Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien, Wilton,
Stamford, Norwalk, Weston, Westport, Redding, Ridgefield and Pound
Ridge, N.Y. They interviewed firms but did not announce who they
hired. "We have been advised by numerous counsels, including those
there today, that this is a political fight, not just a legal battle,"
New Canaan First Selectman Judy Neville said. "You're not going to win
without the whole nine yards." The towns will share the costs based on
their populations and geographical sizes, but there is no agreement
yet on a formula, she said. Stamford has set aside $30,000 for the
effort. Darien First Selectman Evonne Klein said she plans to urge
local finance officials to approve $30,000 initially and possibly
another $20,000 next year.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--airspaceredesign1005oct05,0,7765581.story

England: Government Hides Damming Aircraft Noise Study!!! Aircraft
noise causes much more annoyance than previously thought, according to
a study for the Department for Transport which the Government is
attempting to conceal while it plans the expansion of Heathrow. The
existing method of measuring aircraft noise, adopted a quarter of a
century ago, is too narrow and outdated, the study concludes. It fails
to take account either of the huge growth in the number of flights or
the public's growing demand for quietness. While individual aircraft
have become quieter, the number of flights at Heathrow has grown from
273,000 in 1982 to 477,000 last year. The study also found that
aircraft noise causes greater annoyance to people on higher incomes,
those in the social groups A and B and those aged 35 to 64. The
current method takes none of these factors into account. The Attitudes
to Noise from Aviation Sources in England (Anase) study, a draft copy
of which has been obtained by The Times, undermines the case for
building a third runway at Heathrow. The runway, which the Government
has said should open between 2015 and 2020, would create new flight
paths and result in an extra 500 flights a day over London. The number
of Heathrow flights between 11.30pm and 6am is currently restricted to
about 16 a night. Editor's Note: 16 flights a night!!! Thank God
Americans don't have to worry about night time restrictions. "Our"
vicious, corporate-controlled government, with its corporate/union
paid politicians, can't expand night flights fast enough.
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article2584834.ece

Thailand: Noise Opposition Doesn't Abate Against Suvarnabhumi
Airport!!! It has been exactly one year, one week and two days since
the official opening of the pride of Thailand _ Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The Airports of Thailand Co., Ltd. (AOT) has, however, failed to sort
out the chaos it created a year ago in the lives of those residents
who reside next to the massive hub of Southeast Asia. These people
continue to be traumatised by stress induced by the relentless noise
from the airport in their midst. The disturbing thunder-like roars
from the planes which sweep their roofs every few minutes continue to
cause them sleepless nights. And it's not only the noise, but also the
exposure to toxic exhaust fumes from jet engines, that constantly take
a toll on their health, says a resident at the Khehanakhorn 2 housing
estate. After a year of waiting patiently for the AOT to address the
matter, residents finally stood up to protest in front of the airport
last month, but it looks as though their cries for help are falling on
deaf ears. http://www.bangkokpost.com/Perspective/07Oct2007_pers13.php

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Important Aviation
News Stories This Week

Connecticut Communities Join New York In Opposing Airspace Redesign
Scheme!!!

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--airspaceredesign1005oct05,0,7765581.story

GREENWICH, Conn. - Town officials from Fairfield County and New York
are joining forces to oppose flight pattern changes around LaGuardia
Airport approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The FAA plan would shift LaGuardia arrivals east over Fairfield County
and some New York suburbs to reduce delays. But local officials say
the changes would bring more noise and pollution to the region.

Town officials met Thursday and agreed to hire a law firm, lobbyist
and advocacy firm to fight the FAA's plan. The effort could end up
costing the municipalities about $1 million, officials said.

The all-day meeting included local government leaders from Greenwich,
New Canaan, Darien, Wilton, Stamford, Norwalk, Weston, Westport,
Redding, Ridgefield and Pound Ridge, N.Y. They interviewed firms but
did not announce who they hired.

"We have been advised by numerous counsels, including those there
today, that this is a political fight, not just a legal battle," New
Canaan First Selectman Judy Neville said. "You're not going to win
without the whole nine yards."

The towns will share the costs based on their populations and
geographical sizes, but there is no agreement yet on a formula, she said.

Stamford has set aside $30,000 for the effort. Darien First Selectman
Evonne Klein said she plans to urge local finance officials to approve
$30,000 initially and possibly another $20,000 next year.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he is also
planning to challenge the FAA plans, but he will focus on the
interests of the state as a whole.

"They need their own lawyers because their interests are distinct and
separate from the state," Blumenthal said. "If the effect of the
lawsuit were to direct more air traffic over Danbury or Canaan, we
would be equally determined to avoid that harm."

The FAA announced new flight patterns in the congested airspace around
New York and Philadelphia in March.

Officials in suburban Philadelphia filed a similar suit last month.

Agency officials said the plan will ease delays, save airlines money
and bring desperately needed efficiency to a patchwork airspace map
that has been unchanged since the 1960s.

But some communities in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Delaware will see noisy jets flying over them for the
first time.