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I'm sure you'd be a big asset for the pilot's side of the issue.
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The pilots side of the house has been getting walked-over as long as there has been noise complaints. And they continue to take is (and by some, are expected to). Pretty soon, you find outlandish noise patterns, airport restrictions, etc..., possibly even airport closure. And then and only then do pilots start to say "we should've done something earlier."
Not likely from here. Too many of these homeowner idiots need to have their stupidity reflected in a mirror held up in front of them.
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Agreed that pilots need to be proactive in fighting draconian restrictions, laws, and closures.
Question: Does your post (as a direct quote-response to my comments) mean that you think flaunting existing noise abatement procedures is a viable way to fight them? Or was my post simply a stepping-off point to make your comments? Or.....?
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Naw. You post was a good lead-in to mine. Regards flaunting the noise abatement, IMO, that's not wise. Not so much for any sort of legalistic aspect (there really is none), but it doesn't buy any points or otherwise help to garner public support for the pilot's side of the cause. That being said, noise is going to happen...if it's not planes, it'll be something else; and I will not curtail "normal ops" or do anything extremely out of the ordinary just to preserve a few decibles. Procedures say "don't fly south of the runway", fine I won't fly south of the runway (real world...SDL we're talking here). But if I'm flying the VOR A/B IAP into the field, for one thing, I approach from the south, and secondly, if I need to circle south for real-world weather, I will (if no other restrictions). All the public sees, though, is "we were told that no planes are supposed to be flying south of the airport runway, and I saw three of them doing just that!!!!!"; when these idiots don't understand that while there's no VFR pattern south of the airport, the instrument approaches come from the south...no matter how many times these people are informed that they may see planes coming from the south, they choose not to remember it, or are too stupid to remember it. As is, most of the public see GA flying as some sort of "rich man's hobby" that they could care less about, probably out of some sort of jealousy. But that's neither here nor there. When I say pilots should stand up for themselves, I mean by attending these airport noise meetings, making themselves heard, presenting their side of the case (the true logic) to the snooty idiot homeowners and other NIMBYs. Last meeting I went to, there was about 70 people, only 6-7 of which were pilots concerned with the pilot side of the issue. I couldn't believe the amount of rank stupidity I saw in some of these homeowners.....everything from "they pass over my house at 50 feet!" 5 miles from the airport, to "the City Council took a payoff from X subdivision because X subdivision has higher-priced homes than MY subdivision...then the City Council colluded with the FAA to have the flightpath of arriving airliners diverted over my neighborhood because of the kickbacks.....[no kidding on this..this was one homeowner].
And pilots wonder why noise abatement rules continue to get worse? Some of it is their own fault. Not attending these meetings to counter all the idiots that congregate together and pool their idiocy into assumed fact; is one reason we're losing this "war"
