Originally Posted by
TCAS FAN
Its never going to go away, there will always be NIMBYs. When I was a lad 90% of the SOU noise complaints came from much less than 1% of the surrounding population. Something that we were never allowed to ask was "When did you buy your house? If it was after about 1911 there has always been an airport close by, so if you don't like aeroplanes, why buy a house near an airport?"
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That is a ridiculous statement as justification for an extended runway. Not everyone is an aircraft or airport fan so when people move house they will be aware of the airport and what flies in and out. They will also allow for some expansion but they would not have allowed for a runway extension so they have every right to complain.
At SEN when the extension of the runway by 1000ft was approved an anti airport pressure group called SAEN (Stop Airport Expansion Now) forced two Judicial Reviews both of which found against them. They then sought a third only for the judge to throw out their application and to say they were wasting the court's time.
And those people who lost now get woken up by 737 freighters that could not operate without an extended runway. Fan boys of airports don't care about how airports affect peoples lives. They don't care about the environment or noise as they just want to count new routes as though it was some sort of league table. Yes I get it as this is Pprune but a little compassion and sympathy is in order sometimes for those that just want to get on with their lives without runway extensions that will blight their homes.