Brisbane Airport 01L/19R Noise and Community
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Great South East, tired and retired
Posts: 3,190
Two things - why does she not have piped water available?
And has she ever looked at the stuff on her roof? Bird poo, possum poo, dead insects, road dust, diesel particulates, blah blah. And when the jet fuel burns, it is hot, so it usually goes upwards.
And has she ever looked at the stuff on her roof? Bird poo, possum poo, dead insects, road dust, diesel particulates, blah blah. And when the jet fuel burns, it is hot, so it usually goes upwards.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 100
Part of the problem is that this has impacted a large group of people who now have access to various social media platforms.
As mentioned earlier we've previously lived directly under the Brekky Crk arrival where aircraft would pass at 3000ft and now at Newstead where, prior to 01L/19R opening, we had aircraft passing close by at about 1800 ft. Yes, you'd notice the aircraft but soon became used to it to the point of rarely noticing. Now those under the flight path continually remind each other and thus they will never adapt.
Unfortunately too, many believe it's primarily the airlines and the pilots who are responsible, deliberately "taking short-cuts" over the impacted suburbs and flying lower to save fuel!
Many on the faceplant site want the aircraft diverted over 'industrial' - that is lower socio-economic areas - that have borne the brunt of aircraft flyovers for years and years.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out as it is bound to become very much a political issue at each subsequent local, state and federal election.
As mentioned earlier we've previously lived directly under the Brekky Crk arrival where aircraft would pass at 3000ft and now at Newstead where, prior to 01L/19R opening, we had aircraft passing close by at about 1800 ft. Yes, you'd notice the aircraft but soon became used to it to the point of rarely noticing. Now those under the flight path continually remind each other and thus they will never adapt.
Unfortunately too, many believe it's primarily the airlines and the pilots who are responsible, deliberately "taking short-cuts" over the impacted suburbs and flying lower to save fuel!
Many on the faceplant site want the aircraft diverted over 'industrial' - that is lower socio-economic areas - that have borne the brunt of aircraft flyovers for years and years.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out as it is bound to become very much a political issue at each subsequent local, state and federal election.
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 271
Rec Post 22.
In my youth growing up in Brisbane in the 50''s and 60''s, one of the daily pleasures in summer was to get a drink of cool "clean" water from Grandma's tank next door. To keep the mosquito larvae from the tank my grandfather would pour a half cup of kero into the tank on the first of each month. Given the propensity for the liquid to disperse to a molecule thick layer it was a gross overkill but seems to have done my health no harm at all. I must admit that these days I do tire a little earlier than I did in my 20's and 30's and do not seem to have the same attraction for young women as I remember from the 1980's but I suspect there are other reasons. Perhaps the snowflakes should be paying for the service being provided to keep their tanks larvae free.
As I noted in my earlier post, the flight paths were no secret from the beginnings of the airport. Due diligence? Caveat emptor? Or perhaps too much entitlement.
MJG
In my youth growing up in Brisbane in the 50''s and 60''s, one of the daily pleasures in summer was to get a drink of cool "clean" water from Grandma's tank next door. To keep the mosquito larvae from the tank my grandfather would pour a half cup of kero into the tank on the first of each month. Given the propensity for the liquid to disperse to a molecule thick layer it was a gross overkill but seems to have done my health no harm at all. I must admit that these days I do tire a little earlier than I did in my 20's and 30's and do not seem to have the same attraction for young women as I remember from the 1980's but I suspect there are other reasons. Perhaps the snowflakes should be paying for the service being provided to keep their tanks larvae free.
As I noted in my earlier post, the flight paths were no secret from the beginnings of the airport. Due diligence? Caveat emptor? Or perhaps too much entitlement.
MJG
Last edited by mgahan; 29th Dec 2020 at 03:48. Reason: another typo missed
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Earth
Posts: 76
Originally Posted by MakeItHappenCaptain
Just one of the legitimate concerns from a member;
Is this person living next to the Airport DFO or do airlines now dump fuel on takeoff/landing as standard procedure?
Is this person living next to the Airport DFO or do airlines now dump fuel on takeoff/landing as standard procedure?
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hollister, Hilo, Pago Pago, Norfolk Is., Brisbane, depending which day of the week it is...
Age: 48
Posts: 1,330
Just so everyone is aware of just how far raw unburned jet fuel is apparently spreading...(her chook water has a rainbow sheen)
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: australia
Age: 77
Posts: 207
I am now forced to rely on tank water polluted by aircraft emissions as my only source of drinking water. We wouldn’t be allowed to drink tank water if vehicle emissions were an issue but it’s ok to have 10 times more aircraft directly over my house than cars past it. Most organic material can be filtered out of drinking water while aviation fuel cannot. It’s disgraceful. I can’t believe this is allowed to happen.
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Great South East, tired and retired
Posts: 3,190
It’s disgraceful. I can’t believe this is allowed to happen.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 100
Next time I operate into Brisbane, I'll fly the RNP RNAV-M approach onto 01R in the 777. That'll get their goat up 
To be honest, I'm not sure why they're not using it more often now to either runway.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: on the farm west of Melbourne
Age: 59
Posts: 75
In the Nineties and Noughties there was a family in Tingalpa who were so obsessed with supposed airport noise that they had a noise monitor set to trigger a phone call with a recorded complaint to the official line.
It was such an efficient system that, for years, it totally skewed the statistics as no one else could call during peak traffic periods.
Something like 97% of all complaints came from one address and were therefore a statistical anomaly and disregarded.
Even when the system was changed to email they sent in so many electronic complaints that it skewed the stats.
Then there was the person near Kilcoy who was on tank water and concerned that the jet exhaust was killing him and corroding his tinfoil hat.
Oh how we laughed.
It was such an efficient system that, for years, it totally skewed the statistics as no one else could call during peak traffic periods.
Something like 97% of all complaints came from one address and were therefore a statistical anomaly and disregarded.
Even when the system was changed to email they sent in so many electronic complaints that it skewed the stats.
Then there was the person near Kilcoy who was on tank water and concerned that the jet exhaust was killing him and corroding his tinfoil hat.
Oh how we laughed.
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: NSW
Posts: 53
Originally Posted by alphacentauri
Yes there was. Curious to know what makes them an issue?
The RNP-AR descent coding starts rather low which is an annoyance ( Well it is in the bus, maybe that’s not an issue in a real aircraft)
Some of the constraints can be a challenge especially if you are a bit heavy with any sort of tailwind. I.e. the blacka 01R but mainly the smoka 19L. The fact that we don’t get descent clearance on the smoka until crossing the coast combined with the speed reduction to 230 kts and a strong westerly will result in not meeting the Atrax constraint of 3000 without some creativity. At 230 kts the speed brake in an A321 is just a fancy way of increasing VLS without actually changing the profile of the aircraft.
But it’s nice to see CTA protection on the STARS now... Whoever would have thought that was a good idea 🙄
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Weltschmerz-By-The-Sea, Queensland, Australia
Posts: 943
The STARS are the worst I have seen anywhere in fifty years, on every continent. Well, maybe except Zurich in the 80’s.
Local ATC is still hostage to the concept of making aeroplanes behave like trains. And making descents like a set of stairs. I am (happily) ignorant of the factors affecting traffic flow, but the ones I do see appear to be woefully mismanaged. Runways are always the limiting thing in terminal control, and hence reliable tight approach spacing the key. Australia seems to lead the world in inability to sequence aircraft on final approach to even acknowledge that simple reality.
On edit: It’s not the controllers. It’s the procedures.
Local ATC is still hostage to the concept of making aeroplanes behave like trains. And making descents like a set of stairs. I am (happily) ignorant of the factors affecting traffic flow, but the ones I do see appear to be woefully mismanaged. Runways are always the limiting thing in terminal control, and hence reliable tight approach spacing the key. Australia seems to lead the world in inability to sequence aircraft on final approach to even acknowledge that simple reality.
On edit: It’s not the controllers. It’s the procedures.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 341
Don't even start me on the concept of stacking northern arrivals in a holding pattern for 20 minutes because 01L is "at capacity" and allow (REQUIRE) 01R to be unused!
Jesus Wept!
There is little to NO service provided to the airlines or travelling public.
My mistake............ Lip Service only.
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Jesus Wept!
There is little to NO service provided to the airlines or travelling public.
My mistake............ Lip Service only.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Timbuktoo
Posts: 120
All of the ‘Victor’ arrivals at BN are now a dogs breakfast. At least on the previous ‘Victor’ arrivals at Brisbane, the horizontal profile was planned to the threshold so you knew exactly how many track miles you had to run, except on the very odd occasion you had to get taken off the STAR.
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: VHHH
Posts: 5
Would love to be able to explain what is going on with the design - but I have no clue what "they" were thinking.
If it helps (probably doesn't) ATC hate it as much as the pilots. Give us radar vectors to final approach and we will make it work a treat.
If it helps (probably doesn't) ATC hate it as much as the pilots. Give us radar vectors to final approach and we will make it work a treat.
