QZ: A few cranky people risk making air travel costlier and more polluting for all
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QZ: A few cranky people risk making air travel costlier and more polluting for all
Eli Dourado, a researcher at the libertarian Mercatus Center, recently examined the public records of noise complaints for American airports and came to a disturbing conclusion.
“We are letting crazy people make our airport noise policy,” is one way he summarized his findings.
Dourado and his co-author on a new study of airport noise complaints found that most of the calls are coming from a small group of people who are unusually irritated by what they’re hearing, suggesting that costly decisions about noise mitigation—which can ultimately increase the cost of flying—may be driven by the complaints of a select few.
http://qz.com/811270/us-airport-nois...-for-everyone/
“We are letting crazy people make our airport noise policy,” is one way he summarized his findings.
Dourado and his co-author on a new study of airport noise complaints found that most of the calls are coming from a small group of people who are unusually irritated by what they’re hearing, suggesting that costly decisions about noise mitigation—which can ultimately increase the cost of flying—may be driven by the complaints of a select few.
http://qz.com/811270/us-airport-nois...-for-everyone/
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Out of 4,800 noise complaints made against DIA last year, 96% came from four people. Yes, the single-digit four. 3,500 complaints came from one person, who lives 30 miles away from the airport.
http://www.9news.com/entertainment/t...ople/337638418
http://www.9news.com/entertainment/t...ople/337638418
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Out of 4,800 noise complaints made against DIA last year, 96% came from four people. Yes, the single-digit four. 3,500 complaints came from one person, who lives 30 miles away from the airport.
http://www.9news.com/entertainment/t...ople/337638418
http://www.9news.com/entertainment/t...ople/337638418