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Small Device Drives Airport Noise Complaints
I recall reading that there is a regulation requiring the airport ATIS broadcast to include a NOTAM "Noise abetment procedures are in effect" for six months after a complaint is received. But try as I might, I can't seem to find the reference. ---------------------------- https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/new...-232064-1.html Small Device Drives Airport Noise Complaints By Mary Grady , Contributing editor | December 31, 2018 Image: Airnoise Imagine you live close to a major airport, and since NextGen has changed many air routes in the last few years, a lot more noisy airplanes fly right over your house. Now it’s easy for those citizens to file a noise complaint — instead of facing hours of paperwork, they can just push a button on a thumb-size device like those used by Amazon shoppers to order household goods. Barbara Deckert, who lives in suburban Maryland, told the Washington Post she has filed thousands of complaints: “Clicking that button is really psychologically satisfying.” Airports in areas where dismay over noise is common say they have seen dramatic increases in complaints since the Airnoise device became available. According to the Post, officials at BWI believe Airnoise is why complaints surged from 2,692 in July to 17,228 in August. The Airnoise website says so far they have logged more than a million complaints at 29 U.S. airports. They also say they plan to soon release iOS and Android apps to make it even easier to file a report. Airnoise airports Comments (6) How interesting it is that airplane noise generates push button devices and apps with which to complain right down to the specific flight number while noise created by loud cars, trucks, jake brakes, motorcycles, boom boxes, gunshots, college kids on spring break etc. merits no mention. Having spent many a night at all major US airports in the US as well as at many major international airports, my experience is that these other sources of noice are much more annoying than overflying airplanes. Do all these complainers resent the competition that airplanes give their local street and neighborhood noise or is it that it's simply easier to target flight numbers than individuals and their license plates? John Kliewer Posted by: John Kliewer | December 31, 2018 7:31 PM I have to wonder how many of those huge increase in complaints originate from a few malcontents that spend most of their day pushing the buttons. Make it easy enough to complain and even lazy people will chime in. The realingment of approach and departure patterns has certainly increased the noise above certain areas, but it is no fault of the pilots or their planes. They are just flying the routes dictated by ATC. The unspoken problem is that most of those airports were originally built out in the country away from the population, but then the city grew up to surround the airport. Now the neighbors complain about the noise even though they knew the airport was there when they moved in. Airports create commerce, and commerce attracts land development. Unfortunately airplanes get the blame for poor land management and government indifference to the communities. Posted by: John McNamee | January 1, 2019 12:14 PM Due to how small the aviation community is it has always been easier to blame aviation for anything! Just look at all the "noise" restrictions, ridiculous customs rules for aircraft on international flights, and the stupid TSA rules aviation is now stuck with. If politicians tried to apply these rules to the average auto driver, or pedestrian crossing the border, they would get voted out of office. Just wait until TSA starts enforcing the new drivers license rule for use as ID to get on an airliner! Posted by: matthew wagner | January 1, 2019 12:41 PM 'Barbara Deckert, who lives in suburban Maryland, told the Washington Post she has filed thousands of complaints: "Clicking that button is really psychologically satisfying."' Much like pressing the "Walk" button at the street corner - it's makes you feel good. Airplane noise is all about perception vs reality. Rather, the "haves" vs "have-nots". Cars? Well, I have a car, so I guess it's not noisy. Airplanes? Damn rich people and/or uncaring companies ruining my day! (Never mind that if/when THEY fly as a passenger on said airline, they are now the source of the noise). There's a similar problem in Greenwich, CT. A VERY rich town. In the fall lots of mansions have hordes of landscapers using leafblowers on the acres of manicured lawns. So, the "have nots" complained about the noise and passed noise ordinances limiting the hours that leaf blowers can be used. Posted by: Kirk Wennerstrom | January 1, 2019 1:30 PM This is possibly a wonderful thing for us pilots. Up until now, the rare-ish legitimate noise complaint could trigger an investigation by the airport authority. Now there are thousands of complaints (from even a single person) likely about every single aircraft that flew over. Two outcomes seem possible: 1) Airport authorities will add dozens of new staff members (maybe even hundreds when one citizen can deliver 1000s of complaints) to deal with all these new complaints. They'll need to procure noise measuring equipment to determine whether local noise ordinances are actually violated. This will require more flights by the same aircraft over the same location while technicians monitor. Then, they might be able to issue a fine. 2) Airport authorities will just decide it's all just a waste of time and not bother reading any of them. I'm guessing #2, unless cities see noise ordinance investigation and violations as a real revenue opportunity. Posted by: Steve Miller | January 1, 2019 6:33 PM People making comparisons of cars, motorcycles, and trucks to aircraft, do not I've in a direct final approach to Atlanta International airport(the busiest airport). It's bad when you have to suspend conversation until passenger jet passes over. As a matter of fact as I'm sitting in my office making this entry I hear the planes going over. James Crane Posted by: James Crane | January 2, 2019 8:40 AM ---------------------- http://gtonpost.com/local/trafficand...c36_story.html Button offers instant gratification for those plagued by airplane noise A San Diego man created a noise button that users can press to file a complaint about airplane noise. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) By Lori Aratani December 29, 2018 Barbara Deckert has a new weapon in the war against airplane noise — and she’s not afraid to use it. Every time a plane flies over her suburban Maryland home, rattling her windows and setting her teeth on edge, she presses a small white button and feels a tiny sense of triumph. That’s because with one click, Deckert has done what could have taken her hours to do a few months ago — she has filed a noise complaint with officials at the Maryland Aviation Administration. Thanks to the ingenuity of a software engineer from Southern California, Deckert and hundreds of others with similar beefs, and the Airnoise button, have an easy way to register their annoyance with the jets that fly over their homes. “It’s a fabulous tool,” Deckert said. “Clicking that button is really psychologically satisfying.” Officials at airports from Seattle to Baltimore said Airnoise has led to a dramatic spike in complaints. At Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, officials are almost certain Airnoise is the reason complaints surged to 17,228 in August from 2,692 the previous month. In San Diego, more than 90 percent of the complaints came through third-party apps like Airnoise. Barbara Deckert says she has used the Airnoise app to file thousands of noise complaints over planes that have flown over her home in suburban Maryland. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) [Noise complaints skyrockets at D.C. -area airports] Airnoise is the brainchild of Chris McCann, who repurposed the same plastic Dash Button that Amazon customers use to order toilet paper and detergent. (Amazon founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos owns The Washington Post.) One click of the red-and-white button and McCann’s software program sends a detailed complaint directly to the agency in charge. “Airport authorities don’t make it easy to file noise complaints, but we do,” McCann’s site boasts. “With the click of a button, instantly locate loud, bothersome flights, automatically file a complaint and get back to things that matter to you.” Barbara Deckert points at her Airnoise data on Dec. 13. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) McCann launched Airnoise in 2017 to help fellow residents in their fight about noise from flights at San Diego International Airport, near his home in La Jolla, Calif. Word quickly spread and soon other communities’ residents, who are engaged in similar skirmishes, wanted the buttons. So far, he has sent out more than 700 of the clickers. As 0f mid-December, users had filed nearly 1.1 million noise complaints at 29 U.S. airports. “People want to do something about the problem, but they have lives to live, kids to raise and they don’t want to spend an hour or two filing noise complaints,” said McCann, who is also a former Air Force test pilot. “[Airnoise] is a low-impact way for people to do and say something about the issue.” Scott Stevson, who works with the Quiet Skies Coalition group near Seattle, said the two dozen buttons the group recently ordered, were quickly snapped up. Mark Anderson, who lives in Park Ridge, Ill., keeps his on his nightstand — all the better to report those late-night flights into O’Hare International Airport. Since he and his wife Mary got their buttons four months ago, they’ve filed roughly 5,000 complaints. “It’s almost too easy,” he said. “But these are real complaints.” Robyn Winder of Hanover, Md., got her button in August — and life hasn’t been the same since. “Oh, the joy, the sheer pleasure of pushing that button and seeing the complaints mount up,” she wrote in response to a reporter’s query. “We are over 115,000 complaints for BWI, more than 35,000 in just the past 30 days! So now when MAA wants to know ‘which flight bothered you,’ I have a real answer! ALL OF THEM.” Even before the arrival of Airnoise, airports had been dealing with a surge in complaints linked to the Federal Aviation Administration’s effort to modernize the air traffic system, known as NextGen. [Are you the person who filed 6,500 noise complaints about National Airport?] The multibillion-dollar program is changing the way air traffic is managed, moving it from radar to satellite navigation. Proponents say it makes the air traffic system more efficient because it allows planes to fly more direct routes to their destinations. But the shift has angered residents, who live in neighborhoods that are below the new flight paths. Residents in Northwest Washington sued the FAA over the changes but lost in court. A suit filed by the state of Maryland is pending. McCann was one of those affected. He lived in La Jolla for more than a decade and, other than the occasional stray plane, had not had problems with noise. But that began to change in fall 2016. As he got more involved in the issue, he realized it wasn’t easy to file a complaint with the local airport authority. Those who were able to figure out how to do so often couldn’t provide the kind of detailed information that is useful to officials. He remembered reading a story about a guy who’d rigged a Dash Button to donate $5 to the American Civil Liberties Union every time he got angry at President Trump. He figured he could do something similar. When users press the button, Airnoise uses publicly available data sources to determine which aircraft is closest to a person’s home. It gathers information about the flight and sends it to the local airport authority. Users sign up via the Airnoise website. With a free account, users can file up to 15 complaints a month; for $5 a month, they can file unlimited complaints. The button costs $24. McCann, who has a full-time day job, says he charges just enough to cover his costs. The button may make its users feel good, but whether it will be effective in the battle against airplane noise is unclear. Airport officials often try to downplay complaints, noting that they are the work of just a few people. Maryland airport officials, for example, were quick to note that 80 percent of all the complaints filed in 2018 came from fewer than 100 users of the Airnoise app. McCann said he tangled with a few airports that early on tried to block reports generated by Airnoise. Still, some airport officials say more information is always helpful. “The bottom line for us is if you are an individual expressing a complaint about airport noise, we don’t care about how we’re getting the information,” said Mike Jeck, manager of the noise office for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Deckert says she firmly concludes that complaining does make a difference, so she tries to do her part each day. When her Airnoise button arrived in August, she hooked it on to a red, white and blue lanyard so she’d have it with her all the time — in the morning when she is making breakfast, the afternoon while she is puttering around the house and in the evening when she is watching her favorite mystery shows on PBS. The button has clearly gotten a lot of use: The plastic coating is partially peeled off. A few weeks ago, the battery gave out. So for now, she’s using her iPad to file complaints. “People can try to discredit me, but I don’t worry about that,” she said. She paused and remembered the day she filed her first complaint with the Airnoise button. “It felt so good,” she said. “It’s highly, highly therapeutic. It makes you feel like you can make a difference.” 171 Comments ------------------------------------------------------------ https://airnoise.io/ Make your voice heard over the roar The fast, easy way to file airport noise complaints Airport noise complaints are a pain to file, but you know you have to speak up. Airnoise.io provides the simplest, fastest ways to make your voice heard, to help your community, and get your life back. Jet noise getting you down? Aircraft over house2 We'll help give you a leg up. Do you need to claim a button that was provided to you? How does Airnoise.io help? We level the playing field — meet the Airnoise button. Airnoise button transparent 1,162,987 total complaints 5,095 complaints 24 hrs 29 airports nationwide Airport authorities don't make it easy to file noise complaints, but we do. With the click of a button, instantly locate loud, bothersome flights, automatically file a complaint, and get back to the things that matter to you. Click When aircraft noise bothers you, just click the Airnoise button Search We search for commercial aircraft causing noise near you Compile We gather detailed information needed to file a noise complaint File The complaint is instantly filed for you with the airport authority Want more ways to file a complaint? You can also file complaints directly from the mobile-friendly Airnoise web site, via SMS text message, and very soon, using the free Airnoise iOS and Android apps. We're even adding Alexa and Google Home voice skills to make it easier still. Try Airnoise.io for free for 30 days, cancel any time. Need more details on what Airnoise offers? See how it works. Aircraft noise is everywhere - is it happening to you? The FAA is making changes to airspace across the US, impacting many communities with loud aircraft noise for the first time. These are communities that used to enjoy peace and quiet. Do you hear the noise? If so, you are not alone, and you are not crazy. Faa nextgen map We do the hard work that you shouldn't have to. Airnoise makes your voice heard over the roar. How does Airnoise.io work? When you sign-up for an account you provide your address so we can pinpoint your location relative to the air traffic near you. When you kickoff the complaint process, Airnoise uses publicly-available ADS-B data to search for aircraft near you. Not all aircraft broadcast the ADS-B signal, but most commercial and business aircraft do, so we can find the aircraft nearest to you well over 95% of the time. Some small general aviation airplanes and helicopters are equipped with ADS-B, but the FAA requires that all aircraft flying in the US be equipped by January 2020. We also use other publicly-available data sources to try to locate aircraft near you if the ADS-B system doesn't find anything. |
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