US: Affluent—and angry—homeowners raise ruckus over roar of overhead planes
In the long-running battle over airplane noise, new tactics are emerging to fight FAA flight paths over neighbourhoods, including some of the most affluent enclaves in the nation. Residents have formed protest groups, lobbied city and state representatives, gone to court, sold their homes and moved—and even created a high-tech tool for kvetching, enabling them to register thousands of complaints at the click of a button. In 2013, the FAA’s US$35.6b Next Generation Air Transportation System began implementing changes to flight paths over major metropolitan areas. In some neighbourhoods that are relatively far from airports and where residents say airplane noise was never a problem before, homeowners say the new flight paths are ruining their backyard birthday parties and destroying their peace of mind. <br/>
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US: Affluent—and angry—homeowners raise ruckus over roar of overhead planes
In the long-running battle over airplane noise, new tactics are emerging to fight FAA flight paths over neighbourhoods, including some of the most affluent enclaves in the nation. Residents have formed protest groups, lobbied city and state representatives, gone to court, sold their homes and moved—and even created a high-tech tool for kvetching, enabling them to register thousands of complaints at the click of a button. In 2013, the FAA’s US$35.6b Next Generation Air Transportation System began implementing changes to flight paths over major metropolitan areas. In some neighbourhoods that are relatively far from airports and where residents say airplane noise was never a problem before, homeowners say the new flight paths are ruining their backyard birthday parties and destroying their peace of mind. <br/>
