Warning about job losses is more helicopter noise: Letters to the Editor for Thursday, March 7, 2013

Re "Let's encourage makers of helicopters -- and jobs" (March 1):

The recent letter opposing helicopter noise relief is off the mark. Unlike planes, which are required to fly at least 1,000 feet above the ground, helicopter pilots fly as low as they want. Helicopters cause more noise than planes, and there are more helicopter flights than ever.

Helicopter routes have been created throughout the region. The routes were established without any public notice or opportunity for input. People who are unaffected by helicopter noise are in no position to judge the impact on others.

The FAA does not prohibit helicopters from flying higher, in the same airspace as planes. Finally, nothing residents are requesting will cost jobs. All we ask is that the FAA require helicopter pilots do what it and the helicopter industry's own noise-abatement program already recommend -- fly higher.

-- John Bailey, Torrance

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Let's encourage makers of helicopters -- and jobs

Re "Regulate helicopter flight paths" (Letters, Feb. 15):
The city of Torrance and its residents should be happy to have an employer like Robinson Helicopter Co. Robinson is the largest manufacturer of civil helicopters. Jobs should be concern No. 1 in this economy. The Federal Aviation Administration controls the airspace, and we have way too much restricted airspace in Southern California.

-- Greg Badum, Newport Beach

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