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Phoenix legal defeat prompts FAA to address noise concerns
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/agency-adopts-more-responsive-tone-on-airplane-noise/699551127
Phoenix legal defeat prompts FAA to address noise concerns
By: ANITA SNOW, Associated Press
Updated: Feb 14, 2018 - 5:42 PM
PHOENIX (AP) - Nearly 100 people strolled through the high school cafeteria throughout the evening, studying colored graphs
of flight takeoffs and jotting down comments for officials.
More than three years after they awoke to find window-rattling flights rerouted in an airborne highway above their homes,
residents of Phoenix's downtown historic districts said they finally felt the Federal Aviation Administration was listening.
A court victory by Phoenix and neighborhood groups over the FAA last year has prompted the agency to be more responsive to
residents as it continues to beat back noise complaints around the United States over the air traffic modernization plan known
as "NextGen."
While challenges by residents of Washington's Georgetown neighborhood and other jurisdictions are still being heard in court,
people in other affected areas such as Santa Cruz, California, have not sued the agency because they believe their complaints
are being considered. Phoenix residents said they appreciated the FAA's current approach.
"They are being transparent now," Opal Wagner, a resident of the vintage Willo district and vice president of the Phoenix
Historic Neighborhoods Coalition, said at the first of three FAA public workshops held last week. She and others expressed
disappointment that a fourth one wasn't scheduled downtown where most noise complaints originated.
"I think that it's good that they are now dialoguing with the public," Wagner said. "Maybe if they had done this in the beginning,
there wouldn't have been a lawsuit."
The historic districts and the city sued the agency after the FAA changed Phoenix Sky Harbor's flight routes in September
2014, bringing airplane noise to public parks and the quiet neighborhoods of charming bungalows, ranch houses and Spanish
revival homes, some dating to the 1920s and earlier. About 2,500 households were affected. The noise got so bad for some,
they sold their homes and moved.
The FAA started revising flight paths and procedures around the United States in 2014 under the NextGen plan, which uses more
precise, satellite-based navigation to save time, increase how many planes airports can handle, and reduce fuel burn and emissions.
Noise complaints poured in from Orange County, California, to Washington, D.C., as flights took off at lower altitudes, in
narrower paths and on more frequent schedules.
The rollout of the procedures in Phoenix initially represented NextGen's "most problematic implementation," said Chris Oswald,
vice president of safety and regulatory affairs with Airports Council International-North America, a trade association that
represents commercial airports in the U.S. and Canada. He said he was cautiously optimistic about the FAA's more open approach.
In the Phoenix case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Aug. 29 agreed with the city and historic
districts that the FAA was "arbitrary and capricious" in its flight procedure revisions in that area. The court said by leaving
people in the dark, the agency made it impossible for the public to express views on the project's potential effects - something
the FAA is especially required to do for historic places and parks.
Phoenix residents said they received no forewarning about the flight changes after FAA officials determined they would have
no adverse impact and claimed a "categorical exclusion."
Following the court ruling, Phoenix and the FAA on Nov. 30 announced a joint plan aimed at resolving the dispute. Under the
plan filed with the appellate court, the FAA agreed to reach out to residents while temporarily resuming the previous departure
routes starting April 1.
In a second step, it will develop satellite-based procedures for the original routes, seeking community feedback throughout
the process.
"I think we will get a considerable amount of relief with the return of the flights to their previous paths," said Brent Kleinman,
president of the Encanto-Palmcroft Historic Preservation Association in central Phoenix.
"But the majority of the work is going to be in the second part of the process," he said, which will decide the final flight
paths.
During last week's workshops, Phoenix residents received printed material and mingled with FAA environmental experts and the
airspace designers who fashion flight paths.
"This is a format that we've used at other workshops, and it works really well," said Ian Gregor, public affairs manager for
the FAA's Pacific Division, who attended all three sessions. "The people who have actually designed these procedures are on
hand to answer questions."
Phoenix isn't the only place where people say the FAA didn't explain new routes or give them an opportunity to comment.
In the Washington metro area, Georgetown University and neighborhood groups have said the agency left them out of the loop
about changes at Ronald Reagan National Airport. In nearby Maryland, residents objected to aircraft noise from both Reagan
National and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
But in Santa Cruz County, residents who initially complained about noise from planes headed to San Francisco said the FAA
has been responsive to their worries. A dozen residents chosen by members of Congress in the three affected districts met
with FAA representatives weekly throughout much of 2016 to come up with less obtrusive flight approach procedures.
A new approach to the airport that is at least as quiet as it was before NextGen should take effect in August, said Denise
Stansfield, founder of the Save our Skies citizen group. Technical problems temporarily increased noise for some residents
recently, but once that pathway is permanently adopted, "you're going to see the biggest celebration ever," Stansfield said.
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Office of the Division Manager, AGL-600
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Office of the Director, AGL-600 Title Name (email) Phone 2017 salary
Director, Susan Mowery-Schalk, 847-294-7272, susan.mowery-schalk@faa.gov, $192,362
Deputy Director, Jim Keefer 847-294-7055, jim.keefer@faa.gov, james.keefer@faa.gov, $189,931
Secretary, Theresa Bonk, 847-294-7272, theresa.bonk@faa.gov,
Administrative Officer, Geralyn Zachas, 847-294-7273 geralyn.zachas@faa.gov, $103,232
Program Analyst, Jeannette Felkins, 847-294-8446 jennette.felkins@faa.gov,
Air Traffic Controller, Ronald W. Wood, 440-251-0353, ronald.wood@faa.gov, $185,029
Air Traffic Controller, James Frank Arrighi, 202-567-1284, james.arrighi@faa.gov, $180,178
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FAA is doing nothing about Boeing Dreamliner
https://www.aviationtoday.com/2016/01/25/dot-ig-faa-failing-to-cost-effectively-implement-nextgen-tech/
FAA failing to cost effectively implement nextgen tech
http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Projects-Processes/The-Ugly-History-of-Tool-Development-at-the-FAA
The Ugly History of tool Development at the FAA
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeboyd/2015/12/30/the-air-traffic-control-system-privatizing-a-failed-faa-nextgen-program-is-bad-for-america/#1ce92c8a1c6d
A failed FAA nextgen program
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-21/air-traffic-control-hiring-scandal-evidence-broader-affirmative-action-failures
FAA hiring scandal
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faa-computer-failure-disrupts-travel/
FAA computer failure
http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/opinion-air-traffic-control-s-93000-question
FAA’s $93,000 question
http://helicopterforum.verticalreference.com/topic/14512-faa-written-test-failures-spike/
FAA written test failures spike
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-06/faa-s-failure-to-stop-seat-shrinkage-targeted-by-passenger-group
FAA fails to stop seat shrinkage
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/Editorials/2015/08/17/FAA-failure/stories/20150816201
FAA failures stories
http://www.oredigger61.org/?p=4263
9-11: NORAD and FAA Timelines; in perspective
https://www.aviationpros.com/article/10239806/staying-legal-another-failed-faa-safety-program
Another failed FAA safety program
https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=400391
A Review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Controller Hiring, Staffing and Training Plans
http://historycommons.org/essay.jsp?article=essayairdefense
The Failure to Defend the Skies on 9/11
http://aireform.com/faas-nextgen-failure-a-case-study-in-phoenix/
FAA nextgen failure in Phoenix
https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/fundamental-failure-faa/#.W_mAsPZFzcs
FAA fundamental failure
https://generalaviationnews.com/2010/12/01/congressmen-say-faa-failures-threaten-nextgen/
FAA nextgen failures
https://digwithin.net/2011/04/27/wall-street-lawyer-and-the-special-ops-hijack-coordinator/
FAA Failure on 9/11: The Wall Street Lawyer and the JSOC Hijack Coordinator
http://aireform.com/faas-msaw-failures-16-years-and-no-progress/
FAA’s MSAW Failures: 16 years and no progress?
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/AAR1404.aspx
NTSB FAA investigations
https://gflorencescott.wordpress.com/tag/faa-failures/
Oversight Broken, Broken, Broken, Particularly in Texas
http://911truth.org/september-11th-advocates-statement-on-faa-failures/
Advocate statements on FAA failures
https://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=43891
The Failures of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2018/02/02/ntsb-highlights-faa-failures-in-too-close-for-comfort-american-767-evacuation/
FAA failures are too close for comfort
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2017/09/28/eliminate-secrets-our-skies/imDkR6LbYQvLp7ZMF9veNI/story.html
Spotlight revealed FAA’s failures. Here’s how to eliminate them.
https://www.dailybulletin.com/2018/01/13/faa-lake-arrowhead-residents-to-discuss-airplane-flight-path-change/
Lake Arrowhead residents asks for cooperation from FAA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/05/14/d-c-residents-ask-for-rehearing-in-reagan-national-airport-airplane-noise-case/?utm_term=.12106f0a5d81
Washington D.C. residents ask for cooperation from FAA
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/burien-residents-intensify-fight-with-the-faa-over-airplane-noise/791417986
Burien, Washington residents intensify fight with the FAA over airplane noise
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/faa-flight-changes-continue-to-affect-residents/743395245
FAA flight changes continue to affect Charlotte, North Carolina residents
http://hwchronicle.com/resident-oppose-faa/
Studio City, California Residents oppose FAA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/appeals-court-rules-against-dc-residents-in-fight-over-noise-from-national-airport/2018/03/27/470c52e6-31df-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c1e6298a18db
Appeals court rules against D.C. residents in fight over noise from National Airport
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/oct/07/point-loma-residents-protest-plane-route-change/
Point Loma, California Residents Protest Plane Route Change
http://www.sfexaminer.com/safai-wants-sfo-silence-unrelenting-airplane-noise/
Airport called on to silence ‘unrelenting’ airplane noise
http://www.cbs8.com/story/34144553/san-diegans-are-tired-of-airport-noise-and-tired-of-complaining
San Diegans are tired of airport noise
http://www.cbs8.com/story/33499473/residents-air-frustrations-over-flight-path-changes
San Diegans air frustrations over flight path changes
https://consumerist.com/2017/09/13/governor-asks-state-ag-to-sue-feds-over-airport-noise/
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan asked Attorney General Brian Frosh to sue the Federal Aviation Administration over the noise
from aircraf
https://fox5sandiego.com/2016/09/02/faa-rejects-proposed-lindbergh-field-flight-path-changes/
San Diegans reject proposed Lindbergh Field flight path changes
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/government/ph-ac-cn-bwi-flights-0517-20170516-story.html
The problems were caused by a change the administration made in 2014, when the Next Generation Air Transportation System
was implemented, the residents said.
http://www.rttnews.com/2706120/faa-to-hold-socal-metroplex-public-briefings-in-la-san-diego-and-orange-county.aspx
FAA to held Southern California public briefings
http://www.laist.com/2016/10/26/culver_city_sues_faa.php
Culver City, California sues FAA
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-hogan-frosh-faa-20170912-story.html
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan directed Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday to sue the Federal Aviation Administration
over new flight patterns at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-faa-lawsuit-20161028-story.html
Newport Beach sues FAA over proposed flight routes
http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_30951156/pamela-barsam-brown-now-is-time-battle-faa
Pamela Barsam Brown: Now is the time to battle FAA over south Boulder air route
https://www.marketscreener.com/NEXTGEN-INC-11551399/news/Nextgen-Rep-Peters-Helps-Pass-FAA-Reauthorization-With-Noise-Mitigation-Requirements-for-Increas-26451824/
The bill also contains measures to address airplane noise including studies to better understand the effect of noise on
communities, programs to address the specific subsets of noise impacts, and the funding to execute these programs.
https://patch.com/california/lagunabeach/laguna-beach-newport-beach-file-suit-against-faa-metroplex-changing-flight
Laguna Beach and Newport Beach file suit against FAA
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-culver-lawsuit-20161027-story.html
Culver City, California lawsuit against FAA
http://www.wbal.com/article/300740/3/outside-legal-firm-to-take-action-against-faa-on-bwi-noise-complaints
Legal Firm to take action against FAA
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/City-of-Laguna-Beach-CA-Laguna-Beach-and-FAA-Settle-Metroplex-Litigation--25857857/
Laguna Beach and the FAA
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/ellicott-city/ph-ho-roundtable-report-20180313-story.html
Baltimore Citizens group annual report says FAA 'disowns responsibility' for BWI noise
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20180918/nextgen-air-traffic-control-debuts-in-cleveland-columbus-coming-next-year
Columbus, Ohio Nextgen changes delayed again.
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