Noise Regulation Reporter #155 042180 Ocr

The Federal Aviation Administration informed the Orange County, Calif., Board of Supervisors April 3 that its failure to apply "essentially equal treatment" to all qualified air c:Jrriers seeking entry to John Wayne Airport as part of its noise abatement policy is "unjustly discriminatory" and "cannot be countenanced. " FAA Chief Cotmsel Clark H. Onstad told the county to take action to accommodate pend- ing enrry applications 'vithout further delay" or face the consequences of "contractual, injunc- 1 tive, and civil penalty remedies. " The 'legitimate goal of noise control, "Onstad declared, "does not relieve the county from its statutory and contractual obligations to accommodate the requests of qualified air carriers to commence service. " Congestion, Crowded Facilities: To reduce the noise levels, as mandated by state noise laws (Reterence File 81:3;:,81, 81:3;:,9;:,) as well as to alleviate passenger congestion and crowded facilities, the board had restricted new entrants, limited daily operations to 40 flights per day, established a curfew, a 500-mile perimeter rule, and imposed use restrictions. Air California and Hughes Airwest are the only scheduled air carrier turbojet operations authorized at the airport. A commuter air carrier, Golden West, holds access to the remain- ing available terminal space, Continental Air Lines and Frontier Airlines have been denied entry to John Wayne Air- port in spite of automatic market entry provisions of the Airline Deregulation Act. Pacific Southwest Airlines and Western Airlines also have been granted entrant authority by the Civil Aeronautics Board but the board has not approved the…

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