In an October 2017 email to Burien City Council members, resident Sharyn Parker critiques a letter from Port of Seattle Chairman Tom Albro defending Sea-Tac Airport's expansion and noise mitigation efforts. She argues that Albro's response fails to address the real-world impacts of rapidly increasing flight operations—including a 9% annual average flight increase—on surrounding communities, and that the Port's noise modeling data is outdated and understates actual activity by 51%. Parker calls on the Council to challenge what she characterizes as the Port's lack of candor and possible intentional underestimation of flight projections to avoid costly noise and air quality mitigation requirements.Open full document
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An email from Sharyn Parker to Nancy Tosta and others critiquing a letter from Port of Seattle Commission Chairman Tom Albro responding to a white paper. Parker disputes Albro’s characterizations of capital funding sources, noise mitigation efforts, aviation health impacts, and regional aviation capacity, arguing the Port is being misleading about flight operation increases and their environmental and health impacts on surrounding communities.