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I keep hearing of airports that are having
problems with noise. For example, people who live around the
Little Rock National Airport are complaining that the incoming
and outgoing plane cause noise pollution and they want something
done about it. That should rings a bell from another story we
ran in July about Gunnison, Colorado’s airport. I am still
amazed to find double standards for airports vs. trains and
interstates. If you live close to an interstate or railroad
tracks, the noise is a necessary evil and accepted. If you live
close to an airport, the rules change and it is considered fine
to attempt to close the airport to get your peace and quiet.
Rule of thumb, peace-loving house hunters “don’t buy a house
next to an airport.” I sure wouldn’t buy one near an interstate
or railroad. I, on the other hand, would love to have a home
near an airport (go figure). I get the feeling I am preaching
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I would like to be able to report that the
government will be taking over airport security employees and
that everything will be wonderful from now on. Unfortunately, I
can’t tell you everything will be wonderful from now on, but the
first part is true. The security employees will now receive
better benefits by being government employees. We, however,
will probably NOT receive better security with the change over.
You will still be able to carry on a twenty-gauge shotgun with
six rounds of ammo, undetected, but you won’t be able to carry
on a Congressional Metal of Honor.
That happened to General (Ret.) Joe Foss,
86, who was detained by airport security screeners January 20,
2002, while trying to board an American West airplane in
Phoenix, AZ, with his Congressional Metal of Honor. Besides
being rude, the screeners wanted to put Foss through a device
that could have stopped his pacemaker. There are horror
stories, like this, all over the place about the absurd methods
the screeners have gone. Tales about the dangerous types of
weapons that are still getting past the screeners, worry people
more everyday. By making the screeners government employees, do
we really think that is going to improve their quality? I won’t
hold my breath. At least my Cessna 182 passengers won’t have to
go past the screeners.
I would like to point out that the picture
of the deer on page twenty-three (of Fly-Low's hard copy
publication) is not doctored. I took it in Colorado last fall.
Somehow I felt the picture was worth a thousand words..
therefore, we placed no caption below it.
Thank you for making this a GREAT year for
our young publication. I hope you continue to Fly Low with us. |
