Aviation Conspiracy: EU To Curb Aviation Air Pollution!!!

Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#455........................................................................November
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Quote of the Week: "We want a worldwide system as soon as possible.
If other countries have better proposals, we are ready to change our
system. But there must be an end to the status quo that nothing is
done in the aviation sector" Peter Liese, German member of the
European Union Parliament

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EU To Curb Aviation Air Pollution!!!

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As Bill Sees It (Editorial): European Union Parliament Votes To Cut
Aviation Emissions Because Of Global Warming!!! The Aviation industry
is finally going to have to be responsible for some of their
contribution to destroying the planet. While aviation "experts" tell
us that airplanes only are responsible for 3% (or is it more?) of
greenhouse gases, environmental scientists say that because these CO2
and nitrous oxides gases are much more dangerous because they are
produced high in the atmosphere and stay up in the atmosphere for a
long time. I read somewhere that some of these gases they stay up
there a hundred years!!! That doesn't bother President Moronic
Polluter and many in congress. The plan will have no effect in the
United States which will continue to expand aviation while ignoring
the climate impacts!!! Not only that, the EU expects a big battle
with the aviation industry controlled U.S. government on their
implement their plan.

Bush (Unsafely?) Opens Military Airspace To Reduce Aviation
"Congestion!!!" I thought perhaps our pro-pollution government might
actually but a cap on the number of planes using America's airports to
deal with the Thanksgiving holiday rush. But no, Bush have a better
idea. They decided that if they used previously off limits military
airspace that would help the airlines congestion and delay problems.
While this may free up some airspace, it may increase airport delays
as there are still the same number of runways at the airports. More
planes in the skies means more pressure on airports. Also, I wonder if
it is dangerous to have pilots suddenly flying routes that they
haven't used before. And, of course, bad weather may throw a monkey
wrench into their whole plan. To me this seems like President Moron
and the FAA are pushing the limits of safety and playing with the
lives of the flying public; not to mention the people on the ground.
Maybe they'll continue to be lucky...this time.

NASA Ordered To Hide 8.5 Million Dollar Pilot Survey On Near
Collisions? Last month there were stories about how NASA refused to
release a survey of pilots that showed that there were more near
collisions than are reported, indicating that there may be a cover-up
of these incidents. Now NASA says "it could take up to a year to go
through the information and protect pilots' confidentiality". Once
again confidentiality is being used by a government agency to hide
safety information from the public!!! How long are Americans going to
put up with kind of arrogance by "our" government and its corrupt,
corporate-owned, democrat and republican politicians?

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Use Of Military Airspace May Not Improve Airport Delays!!! President
Bush (pictured at left with DOT secretary Peters and "acting" FAA
administrator Sturgell) said Thursday that commercial airlines would
be allowed to route flights through areas off the Atlantic coast
normally used for military exercises from Nov. 21 through Nov. 25. The
president said the announcement was part of a plan to "bring order to
America's skies." Oster said: "It might help provide more options to
route aircraft around bad weather, but otherwise it won't make much
difference. The East Coast congestion problem involving New York is
more a problem of inadequate runway space at the New York airports and
airspace congestion in the area surrounding the airport (the terminal
area) than it is congestion in the en route airspace between New York
and Florida." http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6844.html

NASA Near Collision Survey Withheld From Public!!! MOFFETT FIELD -- An
unprecedented national survey of pilots by the U.S. government has
found that safety problems like near collisions and runway
interference occur far more frequently than previously recognized. But
the government is withholding the information, fearful it would upset
air travelers and hurt airline profits. NASA gathered the information
under an $8.5 million federal safety project, through telephone
interviews with roughly 24,000 commercial and general aviation pilots
over nearly four years. Since shutting down the project more than one
year ago, the space agency has refused to divulge its survey data
publicly. After The Associated Press disclosed details Monday about
the survey and efforts to keep its results secret, NASA's chief said
he will reconsider how much of the survey findings can be made public.
"NASA should focus on how we can provide information to the public,
not on how we can withhold it," NASA Administrator Michael Griffin
said in a statement. He said the agency's research and data "should be
widely available and subject to review and scrutiny."
http://www.redding.com/news/2007/oct/23/risky-business/ Editor's Note:
Obviously NASA is following orders. The question is whose?

Connecticut Governor Encouraged By GAO Investigation Into FAA Airspace
Redesign Scheme: Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she was encouraged this week
by the decision that the U.S. Government Accountability Office would
be looking at the Federal Aviation Administration's redesign of
airspace in this region. The study by the GAO, the investigative arm
of Congress that audits and evaluates government programs and
activities, will look at, among other things, whether the FAA followed
"applicable procedures and requirements for the airspace redesign,
including the associated environmental impact statement." "The GAO
review is encouraging," said Ms. Rell. "We have made it clear that we
are in this fight to win. Under the FAA's plan, more planes - as many
as 150 more per day - would be flying lower and bringing noise
pollution and other ill effects to Fairfield County. We can and we
will save our air space." The state will be joining Wilton and 11
neighboring towns, filing its own lawsuit against the Federal Aviation
Administration airspace redesign plan, Gov. Rell and Attorney General
Richard Blumenthal announced at a press conference in New Canaan
Thursday morning, Nov. 1. The FAA last month approved a plan that
redirects planes on descent to LaGuardia Airport over southern
Fairfield County and areas of New York at peak travel times. New
Canaan, Greenwich, Darien, Stamford, Norwalk, Wilton, Weston,
Westport, Ridgefield, and Pound Ridge, N.Y., formed the Alliance for
Sensible Airspace Planning, and have together hired legal counsel.
http://www.acorn-online.com/news/publish/wilton/25347.shtml 11
Lawsuits Filed Against Airspace Redesign Scheme!!! If your back yard
sounds like an airport runway, Philadelphia's aviation department
would like to hear from you Thursday. The city is conducting the
fourth of five public hearings on noise from Philadelphia
International Airport between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. at Paulsboro High
School on North Delaware Street. Complaints from residents in Delaware
County, Pa., have produced a residential sound-insulation program for
eligible homes in Tinicum Township. The airport plans to install
additional noise monitors in Delaware County at the request of angry
residents. Airport noise has been a hot topic this year as
Philadelphia International prepares to expand its runways and
struggles with its dismal on-time record. In September, the Federal
Aviation Administration released its final redesign of airspace over
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut, its
first major change since the 1960s. Fearing increased noise from more
aircraft flying at lower altitudes, opponents have filed 11 lawsuits
representing segments of the 29 million residents within earshot of
the major airports covered by the plan.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071114/BUSINESS/711140360/1003

European Politicians Want A "Worldwide System" Of Aviation Pollution
Control!!! Air industry experts have noted that air carriers are
becoming "pariahs in Europe" (Aviation Daily) for their perceived
contribution to climate change. "The aviation industry is just not
representing itself properly or effectively," said one communications
strategist (AP). Although aviation represents a relatively small
portion of total greenhouse gas emissions-about 3 percent of total
man-made emissions-some experts believe emissions at higher altitudes
have a disproportionate greenhouse effect. The European Parliament
voted this week on legislation to add airlines (IHT) to the European
Union's greenhouse gas trading scheme. The legislation proposes to cap
flights at EU airports by 2011-rather than the 2012 originally
proposed-while allowing air carriers to buy and sell emissions credits
on the Europe's carbon market, which is described in this
Backgrounder. "We want a worldwide system as soon as possible," said
EU lawmaker Peter Liese who supported the bill.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14813/capping_aviation_emissions.html?breadcrumb=%2F
EU Parliament Votes To Put Quotas On Aviation!!! WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -
The European Parliament voted Tuesday to impose quotas on the emission
of carbon dioxide by airlines, setting up a fight with the United
States, which argues against unilateral actions on aviation, a
relatively small but rapidly growing source of global warming gases.
The Parliament gave preliminary approval to a global warming control
plan that would require, beginning in 2011, that airlines flying to
and from Europe offset some of their emissions by buying carbon
dioxide allowances on the open market. A result would be increased
pressure on airlines to do more to reduce their emissions of
greenhouse gases from burning jet fuel. Europe has imposed similar
emissions limits on other industries for several years in search of
steep reductions in its greenhouse gas production. The cost of this
proposal to the airlines is hard to estimate, because the price of
carbon allowances has varied widely, as has the value of the currency
in which they are denominated, the euro. The goal would be to reduce
future emissions to 90 percent of the average given off in recent
years, or to offset any excess above that limit. The backers of the
plan said they hoped other countries would emulate the European
approach.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/business/worldbusiness/14emissions.html?ref=business

England: Local Government Study Says New Heathrow Airport Runway Will
Create More Noise!!! The 2M Group has accused the government of
"trying to bury" a study indicating Heathrow noise may annoy two
million more people than previously estimated. The Department for
Transport said: "The study found no specific point at which noise
becomes a serious annoyance." Public consultation on plans to build a
third runway at the west London airport is due to begin this month.
The 2M Group represents 12 local authorities who expect to be affected
by expansion of Heathrow Airport, including the London boroughs of
Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and the boroughs of Slough, Windsor and
Maidenhead, Spelthorne and South Bucks District Council. It estimated
that the number of flights at the airport could rise from 480,000 to
800,000 per year as a result of expansion. "Whether you're in
Shepherds Bush or Stoke Poges, Wandsworth or Windsor, your life is
about to get a lot noisier," said 2M Group spokesman and Wandsworth
Council leader Edward Lister.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7098955.stm

date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:18:27 -0500 author: Bill Mulcahy