Originally Posted by
island_airphoto
The area is extraordinarily sensitive to noise complaints. I muffed a landing at KVKX just a few miles away after the takeoff curfew and someone called the cops on me for going around and I got a bit annoyed with them and told them they weren't the air police.
And yes, trying to do EU IFR for everything all the time would create some epic traffic jams.
* IMHO they need the dedicated helicopter controller on at ALL times the helicopters are flying and they need to be held for crossing traffic. They also all need ADS-B, no private pilot that wasn't totally skint would be running around with the lack of situational awareness the helos seem to have in an area like that.
Well, they got an earful of noise the other night, didn’t they? Maybe, the politicians that cry for ever more service at DCA AND robust “continuity of govt” programs (utter tosh IMO), need to tell the constituents and residents that the noise is necessary. But, that’d take courage.