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Port Of Seattle Commission Meeting
Item 8b: renewal of noise monitoring system: https://meetings.portseattle.org/portmeetings/attachments/2020/2020_09_08_RM_8b.pdf To be held in virtually via Skype in accordance with the Governor’s ‘Stay at Home’ order and Proclamation 20-28. You may view the full meeting live at meetings.portseattle.org. To listen live, call in at +1 (425) 660-9954 and code796815952# Item No.8bACTION ITEMDate of MeetingSeptember 8, 2020DATE:September 1, -
Americans are flying much less during the pandemic. Will airlines survive?
U.S. airlines are sending out warnings about huge financial losses and urgently requesting help. Tens of thousands of flights for the fall have been canceled, and change fees have been eliminated in order to attract travelers. Meanwhile, flight staff and security are being drawn into arguments with passengers who refuse to comply with mask mandates. -
Regional Commission on Airport Affairs (RCAA)
The Regional Commission on Airport Affairs is a citizens’ group in the greater Seattle, Washington, metropolitan area. Our primary focus is to Protect our communities from the impacts of expansion at Sea-Tac Airport We pledge our best efforts to compel the Airport to obey the environmental rules that are supposed to govern the construction of -
Sea-Tac Airport improves air quality in new North Satellite Terminal amid COVID-19 concerns
Engineers at Sea-Tac Airport are working to boost safety around the coronavirus inside the new North Satellite Terminal with an improved HVAC system. Author: Glenn Farley Published: 8:30 PM PDT August 26, 2020 SEATAC, Wash. — Some passengers may be nervous about flying in airplanes right now over the fear of contracting coronavirus, but what -
New aircraft-noise rule would do little to quiet the skies: government report
By Jon Hemmerdinger 24 August 2020 A ban on aircraft that do not meet new noise standards would do little to reduce overall aircraft noise and would impose costly requirements on airlines and aerospace manufacturers. That is according to a 20 August report from the US Government Accountability Office into the likely impact of a -
Boeing’s 787 choice could gut Washington state’s aircraft industry
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Hit hard by the collapse of the airplane market, Boeing will decide as early as next month whether to consolidate its two 787 Dreamliner assembly lines in Washington and South Carolina at a single site. If it does, the 30,000-employee widebody jet plant in Everett is expected to be -
Coronavirus is in the air. Here’s how to get it out.
How to make indoor air safer (but not necessarily safe) during the pandemic. By Brian Resnick@B_resnickbrian@vox.com Part of The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can float in the air. In particular, it can linger in poorly ventilated indoor spaces, spreading farther than 6 feet from -
Fetal Health Negatively Impacted by Airplane Noise
The likelihood of having a low birth weight (LBW) baby is increased if the mother lives close to the airport, in the direction of the runway, and is exposed to noise levels over the 55 dB threshold, a new University of Colorado Denver study found. Results come from a study conducted by Laura Argys, PhD, -
Replacing an aging terminal – San Diego’s airport development plan continues
Nicole Hall from San Diego County Regional Airport Authority presents how COVID-19 has not put a stop to the airport development plan. San Diego International Airport is located in a metropolitan area As the busiest single runway commercial airport in the United States and – pre COVID-19 – servicing more than 25 million passengers including