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Flight Patterns – FAA’s `Four Post’ traffic plan for planes is illogical, insulting

June 12, 1992 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: A9 Word Count: 354 The Ninth Circuit in San Francisco recently voted that since the noise level was not above 65 decibels (recently raised from 55 decibels) the Federal Aviation Administration did not have to be subject to any environmental impact requirements. Therefore, the FAA’s brilliant “four post” plan remains

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Seattle Community Council Federation v. FAA 961 F.2d 929

961 F.2d 829 SEATTLE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FEDERATION, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; Samuel Skinner, Respondents. No. 90-70253. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 8, 1991. Decided April 9, 1992. Peter J. Eglick and Henryk J. Hiller, Seattle, Washington, for petitioner. Peter R. Steenland, Jr., and J.

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Rumblings Over Flight-Path Plan

By DICK LILLY January 22, 1990 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: B3 Word Count: 1469 Like a plague, they slipped into Barbara Maxwell’s neighborhood, rattling the windows. Pretty soon, they were making it hard to hear phone conversations. After a while, they were interrupting backyard barbecues More and more jet planes, on their way to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,