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Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition

The Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition

https://sites.google.com/site/208xxquietskies/home 

This site is only interested in the south landing for DCA. They have little interest in the north landing. If you read the information on the home page on this site, you will understand NextGen. 


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.  

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