BAC SP #2 Paragraph 5-8-5 Requests For Assessment Of Pos And FAA Part 150 Compliance 0001

Requests for Assessment of POS and FAA Part 150 Compliance To the people living in communities surrounding Sea-Tac Airport, aircraft noise is a constant irritant because when they purchased their homes, there was either tolerable noise or none at all. However, unrestrained growth has shifted the so-called “balance” between livability to outright incompatibility with neighborhoods of families, retired folks living on fixed incomes, and economically-challenged populations that qualify as eligible for environmental justice. Consequently, local cities are demanding to know how much, if any progress, POS has made on program elements contained in its latest 2013-2018 Part 150 Study by asking questions using FAA’s Record of Approval released in June 2014 (that included only newly-opened third runway) as listed below and some program elements dating back to POS’ first Part 150 Study in 1985 Element #1 - “...voluntary rescheduling of aircraft flight times (earlier or later) of nighttime short-haul flights by jet aircraft.." Request: How often and many , if any, nighttime flights have been granted “voluntary” status (short-haul or otherwise) since 1985 when it was first enacted? Element #2 – “This measure uses very high frequency (VHF) omnidirectional range (VOR) radials to curb departing aircraft from drifting off the runway heading tracks as specified in the Tower Order. Aircraft noise and oveNlights are reduced for areas that are not beneath the existing departure corridors.” Request: While “voluntary” since 1985, is it still being implemented; and if so, how often? What are the statistics? Element #3 - “This measure was…

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