There is no word yet from the city of RPV officials as to what they plan to do about the FAA's proposal to shove hundreds of student pilots up the coast from Long Beach to our strip of coastline in Rancho Palos Verdes to practice turns, banks, stalls, ascents and descents over our sand and surf.
The FAA says it is doing this to cut down on near-accidents at Long Beach airport. But what the organization apparently does not realize is that its proposed solution simply shoves the problem a few miles up the coast into a residential/recreational area half the size of the existing industrial area. (see yesterday's blog for details.)
No word from the PBCA board either.
However, RPV Mayor Wolowicz suggested that senators and congressmen may have more clout than the RPV City Council. He recommends that interested citizens write to our elected officials in Washington about this problem. You can do it via email. Here's how:
Email Senator Diane Feinstein here:
Email Senator Barbara Boxer here:
Email Congressman Dana Rohrbacher here:
His web form asks for your nine digit zip code. If you are in RPV, it's 90275-5914.
You might try writing to Supervisor Don Knabe, here:
http://www.knabe.com/askdon/index.html
Remember: the FAA wants all comments on this yucky plan in hand by Saturday, July 31, 2010. In case you missed it yesterday, the reference number is FR Doc. 2010-7652
Send your comments, in triplicate to:
Western Service Area, Air Traffic Organization
Federal Aviation Administration
1601 Lind Avenue, SW
Renton, WA 98057
Write NOW!
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