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An Open Letter to All Sufferers of Aviation Arrogance

I ask for all concerned Sufferers of Aviation Arrogance to realize this issue in not airport noise, it is aviation noise. I live many miles from any major airport and experience hundreds and often thousands of aviation disturbances every day. Many are over 60 decibels in what used to be a quiet rural environment. Right now at 12:30 AM Thursday January 28 I am listening to jet over flights about every two minutes [inside my house with all windows closed].

I am trying to understand how to tackle this problem but find no one or no agency represents us on the ground. Aviation has a big bad government agency stonewalling any effort to understand the problem.

Could those of you that are more knowledgeable then me please suggest to the small community of aviation sufferers how we might use our collective energies to mount a credible fight?

At least speak to this problem as a national / international issue, not a neighborhood airport matter. This further divides our meager efforts.

Thank you,

Phillip Gilbert

General Aviation is Self-regulated!

How special is general aviation? According to Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine;

general-aviation industry is almost entirely “self-regulated.” The TSA has proposed that it be allowed to impose certain security measures on private jets, such as requiring operators to ensure that their passengers are not on the no-fly list, but for now the agency screens only those Americans who cannot afford to fly on private planes. The TSA administrator, John Pistole, suggested he sees a less substantial threat from general aviation than he does in the commercial realm, and the general- aviation “community” is not enthusiastic about government regulation. “Clearly the general-aviation community has a lot of equities and interest in our rules,” he told me, delicately

Wow, the general aviation community is not enthusiastic about government regulation! Very convenient for the special few. They are not enthusiastic about unleaded fuels even though one gallon of aviation fuel has enough lead to measurable lower the IQ of many thousands of children. Maybe even yours. DO you every notice those private planes in your environment? If you live in the United States you and your family are subjected to airborne lead. Just don't get enthusiastic about this.

Oh, don't be surprised when a general aviation craft is part of a terrorist attack. At least that's what Jeffrey Goldberg says. See his article here.

Avoid excessive airport security!

I have a solution to the excessive pat down process of airport security checks. DON’T FLY!

I have a solution to avoiding mega doses of radiation at the airport security check full body scan.

DON'T FLY!

Biofuels for the Manifest Destiny Crowd

How special is aviation in America? The federal government through the USDA is working on a plan, subsidized by the US taxpayer to create biofuels for the aviation industry. ‘Farm to Fly’ is the supporting lymric. Biofuels have been largely discredited for various reasons, not the least is the intensive use of petro fuels and chemicals to produce this misnamed product.

Recently we saw the beginnings of food riots in Mexico and other countries when a similar biofuels effort drove up the cost of corn. Wait until starving people realize the limited availability of food is caused by the production of aviation fuel for privileged members of the manifest destiny crowd.

Other issues to consider? How about the increase in petro chemicals into our water sheds thus increasing the impact of a growing dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

Scientists say the farming areas of the mid west are headed to a resurgent dust bowl of unprecedented magnitude. At least us chosen people will be able to fly into the dusty sunset.

More detail regarding this news can be found here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AviationWatch/message/21266;_ylc=X3oDMTJwNWtxazVpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzY1OTg0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDE3NwRtc2dJZAMyMTI2NgRzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxMjg4MDA1NDIz

Again, Aircraft Noise Associated with Mortality

Once again a medical study has shown that aircraft noise causes serious health problems. As aviation noise becomes louder the incident of heart attack increases.

In science speak the conclusion indicates:

Aircraft noise was associated with mortality from myocardial infarction, with a dose-response relationship for level and duration of exposure. The association does not appear to be explained by exposure to particulate matter air pollution, education, or socioeconomic status of the municipality.

The complete study results can be found here:

http://journals.lww.com/epidem/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=11000&article=00013&type=abstract

‘If you fly you destroy other people’s lives.’

George Monbiot in his book ‘HEAT’ discusses the various issues related to reversing global climate change. One chapter is dedicated to aviation. Monbiot covers the significant issues related to aviation and summarizes his findings with the following statement;

‘If you fly you destroy other people’s lives.’

Read his book and visit www.Monbiot.com for additional subjects.