"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Is your opinion the "Stop The Noise idiots" (sic) are completely insane
and
there is absolutely no validity to their complaint whatsoever?

I guess that depends on your definition of "validity". I don't doubt that
they are annoyed by airplane noise. I don't doubt that they feel their
rights are being infringed. However, I expect any person with a complaint
to make an honest, reasonable effort to reach a fair compromise. As soon as
they take a scorched Earth approach such as that being pursued by the "Stop
The Noise idiots" (sic), I feel that they have no right to being considered
at all.

I do my very best to fly as quietly as possible. But the fact remains that
powered aircraft consume a fair amount of energy, a lot of which is emitted
as sound, and that's just a fact of life. I have to put up with genuinely
illegal sources of noise every single day (not having the luxury to live a
hundred miles from my nearest neighbor), and so no, I'm not going to waste a
huge amount of concern on some folks that object to perfectly legal and
comparatively moderate levels of noise.

I don't see how the word "insane" comes into the picture. However, it's
clear that the "Stop The Noise idiots" (sic) are anti-social and have no
respect for the right to the pursuit of happiness except for their own.
These are people that I don't feel deserve the time of day, never mind any
consideration with respect to their complaints.

Does that answer your question?

Pete