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Letters to the editor: Federal Way residents on airplane noise and quality of life

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Residents of Federal Way, Washington wrote letters to their local mirror newspaper in June 2017 expressing frustration over increasing airplane noise from Sea-Tac Airport, citing quadrupled noise and emission impacts, the need to wear earplugs indoors and outdoors, and calling for a second regional airport at Everett's Payne Field. Former Federal Way City Council member Linda Kochmar, drawing on her decade of experience with the Airport Communities Coalition, urged South Sound mayors to pressure the state legislature and congressional delegation to act. The letters were written in response to a columnist who had minimized residents' concerns, and collectively call for greater media and government attention to the environmental and quality-of-life impacts of the FAA's 2017 Long Range Plan for expanded flight operations.

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Letters to the editor published in the Federal Way Mirror on June 2, 2017, from Federal Way residents Linda Kochmar, JC Harris, and Peggy Jeffcoat responding to a columnist known as ‘Mr. Federal Way’ regarding airplane noise impacts in Federal Way, Washington. Kochmar, a former Federal Way City Council member and Airport Communities Coalition member, advocates for a second regional airport at Everett’s Paine Field and calls on South Sound mayors to petition the Legislature and congressional delegation. JC Harris cites quadrupled noise and emission impacts over four years and references Steve Edmiston’s presentation to the Federal Way City Council, urging reporting on environmental health impacts of increased flights from the 2017 Long Range Plan. Peggy Jeffcoat describes airplane noise as a ‘continual assault’ requiring earplugs indoors and outdoors.

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