Here's a radical idea: We should prioritize the health and economic wellbeing of our people—seniors, workers, and small-business owners, children, and our most vulnerable community members—over welfare checks and bailouts for corporate CEOs and bankers on Wall Street.
FAA DCA metroplex STOP FLYING planes into DCA WE ARE sheltering at home and don’t want to stare migration of the coronavirus. You are irresponsible and must stop. We will not forget and we will Boycott your company for putting our community at risk.
Ragtag resisters fight for peace and quiet near BWI
By BARBARA DECKERT
BALTIMORE SUN |
AUG 12, 2019 | 6:00 AM
A ragtag band of rebels
has generated 430,000 BWI noise complaints in the past year.
We are part of the
resistance. We are not kooks or sad-sacks with nothing better to do. We don’t
know each other’s names. We don’t even know how many of us are filing
complaints, but we keep working, day after day, every day, anonymously and
without credit, on behalf of everyone in our communities. We work for a return
to peace and quiet in our own homes.
Rep. Lynch Introduces Air Traffic Noise And Pollution
Expert Consensus Act
This bill will require the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to sponsor an Expert Consensus Report
issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on the
health effects of airplanes flying over residential areas.
Feb 6, 2019 Issues: Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. –
Yesterday, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Co-Chair of the
Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus for the 116th Congress, introduced H.R. 976,
the Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act to
address increasing community concerns about airplane noise and pollution by
requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to sponsor an Expert
Consensus Report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and
Medicine on the health effects of airplanes flying over residential areas.
Expert Consensus Reports produced by the National Academies examine scientific
and technological issues of national importance.
“There is a clear demand
from our constituents that we look into the impacts of flight paths across the
country,” said Congressman Lynch. “It is imperative that we understand and
remedy any health effects caused by aircraft flying over residential areas, and
the burden is on the FAA to produce this information.”
Federal and regional
transportation authorities have received an increased number of complaints
around airplane noise as new flight paths have been implemented as part of the
FAA’s “Next Generation Air Transportation System.” The program – often referred
to as “NextGen” – shifted flight paths in and out of airports, causing
increased airplane activity over certain residential areas. In Massachusetts
alone, MASSPORT received over 71,000 complaints about aviation-related noise
from across 83 communities, including Hull, Hingham, Milton, and Boston, in
2018, which increased the number of complaints received in 2017 by almost 20%,
and almost doubled the amount of complaints received in 2016.
Congressman Lynch’s Air Traffic
Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act would make available the best scientific
information on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution by
requiring the FAA to sponsor an Expert Consensus Report from the Division of
the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Under the bill,
the National Academies would be required to convene a committee of health and
environmental science experts within 30 days. The committee would examine the
health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution and issue the Expert
Consensus Report with their findings. The report would be submitted to the FAA
Administrator, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency, and relevant Congressional Committees,
including the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform........
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Please click on the following link to read the Southern Maryland Fair Skies Analysis: More Noise For Maryland, Less Noise For Virginia- Southern Maryland Fair Skies Coalition June 18, 2019 There is a proposal from the FAA before the DCA Community Noise Working Group that would decrease noise in Virginia and move it to Accokeek, Moyaone and nearby communities. Currently when in south-flow (taking off heading south) westbound flights turn west after going south for about 5 miles. The proposed plan would have them continue down the MD side of the river and turn over Accokeek. The attached map is from an FAA noise study done last October but just released last week, just prior to a vote. The purple area is noise reduction and the yellow is noise increase. The noise working group had asked for a plan that would keep aircraft over the river longer on departures coupled with a change to the north flow pattern to put them over the river further south to give us some relief from that noise. It was envisioned as a trade. The FAA disregarded half of the recommendation and only looked at reducing noise for Virginia. One thing is certain, if more of us don't get involved and get vocal the aircraft noise will continue to get worse. Join us to learn more and to get involved. - Jon Rietmulder Fair skies southern Maryland Please click on the following links to read the FAA Report: More Noise for Maryland, less noise for Virginia Noise Screening Analysis Report for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport KDCA Arlington, Virginia Jun 18, 2019  Purple is the noise decrease, yellow is the substantial noise increase Maryland Attorney General July 10 at 9:15 AM · Good news for those affected by the intolerable noise created by #FAA flight paths to #BWI and DCA airports. FAA now WILL consider our petition for the agency to reassess their plans that caused the excessive noise levels. https://www.wbaltv.com/…/faa-reconsidering-bwi-mar…/28348643 FAA to consider case about noise near BWI airport ASSOCIATED PRESS | JUL 10, 2019 | 11:17 AM https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-faa-noise-20190710-xqbp4vpftbgolaj4vtiwicc3wm-story.html 'The Federal Aviation Administration is going to reconsider its position challenging Maryland over new flight patterns and the noise they bring residents near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The FAA filed a motion Tuesday to hold Maryland's case in abeyance while it reconsiders. In September, the FAA wrote a letter to the state declining to respond to a petition asking for more review of the flight patterns. Maryland Attorney Brian Frosh says he’s hopeful the FAA will undertake a thorough review of the facts and ultimately lead to changes in flight paths. Gov. Larry Hogan says his administration remains committed to restoring the quality of life for residents who live around the state’s airports. - Congressman Raskin And Others Request GAO Study Of Noise Impacts From NextGen, June 19, 2019 Rep. Jamie Raskin yesterday joined 28 other Members of Congress in requesting that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate "how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has considered community noise impacts while implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) in major metropolitan areas," including the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Federal Aviation Administration has mishandled a $36 billion project to modernize the antiquated aviation management system By Ashley Halsey III March 8, 2018 The Federal Aviation Administration has mishandled a $36 billion project to modernize the antiquated aviation management system, according to a harshly critical inspector general’s report released Thursday. It was the fourth inspector general’s critique in as many years of a program known as NextGen, on which more than $7 billion in federal funds has already been spent. This latest report says the FAA lacks “a clearly established framework for managing the overall oversight of NextGen.” Much of the 50-page report — done for the House Appropriations Committee and prepared by Matthew E. Hampton, assistant inspector general for aviation audits — focuses on specific examples of program mismanagement. The report said the FAA “has lacked effective management controls” in awarding contracts, sometimes spent money on low-priority projects and allocated an estimated $370 million for projects that were still awaiting approval. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/inspector-generals-report-says- the-faa-has-bungled-a-36-billion-project/2018/03/08/5436c6ba-22f6-11e8-badd-7c9f29a55815_ story.html?utm_ term=.32db3c4d76de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are having a problem with low flying aircraft flying over Southern Maryland you need to attend the Southern Maryland Fair Skies Coalition annual organizing meeting. Southern Maryland Fair Skies Coalition - www.somdfairskies.com Join the fight against the loud, low-altitude commercial flights over our homes and communities caused by new traffic patterns to/from Reagan National Airport. Attend our annual organizing meeting. Saturday, June 29th at 9:00 am Moyaone Community Center 2311 Bryan Point Road Accokeek, MD Residents of Fort Washington, Accokeek, Bensville, Indian Head, La Plata and other communities in Southern Maryland has been severely impacted by changes to flight paths to/from Reagan National Airport (DCA). Areas that once were peaceful and quiet now have hundreds of noisy flights per day passing overhead. We’re seeking equitable solutions to decrease the aircraft noise in the regions south of DCA. Coffee and doughnuts will be served while we cover the following: - Information on the FAA Nextgen implementation and other causes of the excessive noise - Data on how aircraft noise affects our health and home values - Latest update on proposals from the DCA Community Noise Working Group - Discussion of our strategy for the next year including goals - Discussion of plans for media outreach, social media, political outreach, and research - How each of us can help in this effort to regain quiet skies - Election of leadership board and officers Join us in our fight against the excessive aircraft noise! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The path of least resistance for NextGen airplane traffic goes through Accokeek, Fort Washington, and Southern Maryland.  Residences of Northern Virginia and Montgomery County are energized, active and putting up a fight in the political arena, the courts and the media, we are not. If you live in Accokeek, Fort Washington, Bensville or Southern Maryland, we need to organize effectively opposition to and to roll back DCA NextGen routing 72,000 airplanes over Accokeek, Fort Washington, and southern Maryland. There is evidence that the noise and air pollution from the aircraft will affect your property values and your health. If we do not effectively resist the DCA Metroplex diverting larger numbers of aircraft to our areas it will soon be too late to reverse this decision. We need to create an organization to effectively oppose the FAA NextGen. We need people to: 1. Get the media to cover our area (problems with airport noise and aircraft emissions). Find people who are willing to talk to the media 2. Getting the FAA DCA Metroplex to consider our request 3. Find people who are willing to assume leadership roles in the organization 4. Find people who are willing to conduct research and to oversee our social media campaign 5. Find people who are willing to oversee letter-writing and recruit people to write letters to the politician, the media 6. Find people who are willing to write for our website and maintain the Website and promote our organization on social media We need to get Steny Hoyer, and Anthony Brown involved. We need people to take part in a targeted letter campaign to the media and politicians. Twitter account - Fairskiesaccokeek@stop_NextGen Facebook page - Quiet skies coalition - Accokeek, Fort Washington @fairskiesaccokeek https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=783247762061908&story_fbid=805071779879506 In June 2018, the Airports Authority became the first airport system to voluntarily launch an interactive Community Complaint Dashboard. The Complaint Dashboard provides easy access to noise complaint data while allowing the public to independently conduct preliminary research to answer: WHEN: Complaints by Date, Complaints by Hour WHERE: Zip Code Heat Map and Statistics Table WHO: Top 10 Individuals, Households & Individuals by Year WHAT: Complaints by Disturbance Type Complaints from January 1 to May 31, 2019 - 18,013 Reagan National Community Complaint Dashboard  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On September 12, 2017, Governor Hogan send a letter to AG Frosh Directing the Attorney General to file a legal action against the FAA (NextGen). The State of Maryland on January 16, 2019, filed a Petitioner's Brief in Appellate Court, challenging FAA’s arbitrary change of aircraft flight paths to Reagan National Airport Maryland's Reply Brief Filed on Thursday, May 9, 2019 Airplane Noise in Howard County by Paul Verchinski | June 11, 2017 "As most of you are aware by now, Hanover, Elkridge, and Columbia now get the brunt of Runway 28 airplane noise departures from BWI. Elkridge and Hanover are affected by low flying plane arrivals on other runways as well. This is all due to a total revamp of the way airspace has been handled in the past. The FAA has moved in the greater DC area from a radar-based system to a satellite GPS system dubbed Next Gen (affects all airports). The FAA has spent to date about $10 billion and expects to spend about another $30 billion by 2030. BWI had 25 million passengers use its terminal in 2016, Passengers are due to double in the next 10-15 years...Residents quality of life is being significantly affected by this new noise pollution. The Howard County Council passed legislation in early 2017 authorizing the County to litigate this noise issue after meeting with the FAA and getting no solution. The HCCA testified for this legislation and subsequently County Executive Kittleman signed the legislation. It may be that litigation is our only solution." http://howardcountyhcca.org/airplane-noise/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arlington and Montgomery's counties team up to take on airplane noise - By Tom Fitzgerald FOX 5 DC By Tom Fitzgerald, FOX 5 DC Posted Apr 24 2019 04:33PM EDT Video Posted Apr 24 2019 05:41PM EDT Updated Apr 24 2019 05:46PM EDT ARLINGTON, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - Is airline noise ruining the quality of life in both Arlington and Montgomery counties? Following residents complaints, both county governments are teaming up to take on airplane noise from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. This partnership is unique, considering Arlington County is in Virginia and Montgomery County is in Maryland — different jurisdictions, different states, but the same goal. On Wednesday, FOX 5 talked to Libby Garvey, an Arlington County council member. She says the idea is for both counties to investigate why so many people in their communities say they are fed up with airplane noise. http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/arlington-and-montgomery-counties-team-up-to-take-on-airport-noise ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “FAA botched $36 billion effort to modernize air traffic system, report says”: "While the Federal Aviation Administration may have denounced the House Appropriations Committee-ordered audit of its NextGen program, it is time that Congress denounced NextGen. It’s a failed program with bad design. The airlines don’t like it, and it isn’t saving them money. More important, NextGen is torturing hundreds of thousands of taxpaying citizens all over the country with noise pollution never heard before. The concentrated flight paths over heavily populated areas at low altitudes are causing health problems and lowering property values." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-unheard-of-noise-pollution-from-the-faas-wasteful-nextgen-program/2018/03/12/67214410-253c-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html?utm_term=.06e552e9f78e |
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Originally published March 8, 2018 at 12:34 pm Updated March 9, 2018 at 6:34 am The Washington Post
The huge, complicated NextGen effort to modernize air travel has long been a cause of frustration both in Congress and with commercial airlines. It's not doing well, according to a new report.
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Ashley Halsey III
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has mismanaged a $36 billion project to modernize the antiquated aviation management system, according to a harshly critical inspector general’s report released Thursday.
It was the fourth inspector general’s critique in as many years of a program known as NextGen, on which more than $7 billion in federal funds has already been spent.
This latest report says the FAA lacks “a clearly established framework for managing the overall oversight of NextGen.”
Much of the 50-page report — done for the House Appropriations Committee and prepared by Matthew Hampton, assistant inspector general for aviation audits — focuses on specific program mismanagements.
Originally published March 8, 2018 at 12:34 pm Updated March 9, 2018 at 6:34 am The Washington Post
The huge, complicated NextGen effort to modernize air travel has long been a cause of frustration both in Congress and with commercial airlines. It's not doing well, according to a new report.
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By
Ashley Halsey III
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has mismanaged a $36 billion project to modernize the antiquated aviation management system, according to a harshly critical inspector general’s report released Thursday.
It was the fourth inspector general’s critique in as many years of a program known as NextGen, on which more than $7 billion in federal funds has already been spent.
This latest report says the FAA lacks “a clearly established framework for managing the overall oversight of NextGen.”
Much of the 50-page report — done for the House Appropriations Committee and prepared by Matthew Hampton, assistant inspector general for aviation audits — focuses on specific program mismanagements.