YOU reported on the recent common law case where people who live under the flight path of military jet aircraft (which are very much noisier than passenger jets) have received compensation (April 17).
In the same report you referred to the annoyance caused by RAF Tucano aircraft which are not jets but affect people over a wide area of the Vale of York because of their high frequency noise footprint and the way they are used in training.
In your comment column you confuse the issue by referring to low-flying jets which are not in general a serious problem although they can startle people from time to time.
The problem of increasing annoyance from small military training aircraft and other light pleasure aircraft does need to be addressed but this is an issue of improved design, tighter regulation and appropriate enforcement.
David Randon,
Blue Slates Close,
Wheldrake, York
Updated: 09:56 Saturday, April 19, 2003
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