Poll added, self-explanatory.

curfew should be enforced. It's easy for others to say lift the curfew, they don't live there ... for those that live there however it's a different story.

I don't understand why they fly over the suburbs anyway, wouldn't it make more sense to come in from the ocean ? Disturb no one that way.

Plenty of International airports have curfews so get a grip

Armchair_Politician wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2013 at 7:45am:


The facts on Heathrow.  My in-laws live directly under one of the major approach/take off flight paths.  All windows double glazed for noise reduction.  You hear virtually nothing when the restrictions are on, but when lifted, with a plane coming over every 30 seconds or so, you do hear it, but become so accustomed to it, it becomes back ground noise.   Entirely different when outside the house. 

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adelcrow wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2013 at 10:52am:


But most of the main airports for those countries do not, for example England (Heathrow), USA (LA & New York), Singapore (Changi). The simple fact is that aircraft noise during peak periods today is NOTHING like what it was 20-30 years ago. Double glazing would've done next to nothing for you with a constant stream of Boeing 707's flying overhead. Today's modern aircraft such as an Airbus A380-800 makes a fraction of the noise on landing and take-off compared to the relatively modern Boeing 747-400. The fact is that modern aircraft/engines are becoming quieter (not noisier) and with the advent of GPS approaches, constant descents and later descents (i.e. the descent path is steeper), noise is becoming less and less of an issue. Take the steeper descents. This kind of approach will allow pilots to have the engines at idle virtually all the way to just prior to touchdown, dramatically reducing the noise generated. Departures are planned to overfly less populated areas where possible, not just for noise reasons but also for safety reasons (eg engine failure). Last but not least, my biggest gripe with these NIMBY's who move to live near an airport do so in the knowledge of the noise such a facility generates and I have little or no sympathy for them given the fact that the airport was there long before most of them were born. I'm not saying stuff 'em and not help them. By all means help provide sound proofing and so on. But that doesn't give them the right to complain about aircraft noise!

skippy. wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2013 at 10:46am:


Mr Abbott did say he’d govern for all Australians. What a tall glass of water.

Thank heavens the grown-ups are back in charge.

adelcrow wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2013 at 2:11pm:


Just think how many more passengers we could have come here if the airport was open 24/7. Just think how big a boost that would be to the economy. Just think how many jobs that would create at the airport alone by being open past 10pm. As for residents near the airport or flightpaths, no one forced them to move there. The airport has been there since pre WWII.