End Nonessential Helicopter Traffic over Communities
US Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Governor of New Jersey, New Jersey State Legislature
Tell Congress and Trenton: End Nonessential Helicopter Flights Over Our Homes
Every day, commercial sightseeing and luxury charter helicopters fly low over our neighborhoods — rattling windows, disrupting sleep, and putting us at risk, to the tune of over 30,000 flights each year. Two fatal crashes in seven years and a growing disregard for communities on the ground make this an ever more urgent problem that needs a real remedy.
We've had enough. Sign below to demand that our federal and state representatives take action to ban nonessential commercial helicopter operations over residential communities in the New York/New Jersey metro area.
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US Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Governor of New Jersey, New Jersey State Legislature
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[Your Name]
We, the undersigned residents of the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, call on our federal and state representatives to take the following actions:
1. Support and pass H.R. 3196 (the Improving Helicopter Safety Act) and any companion legislation that tightens federal safety and oversight standards for commercial sightseeing helicopter operations.
2. Direct the FAA to prohibit nonessential commercial helicopter operations — including sightseeing tours and luxury air taxi services — over densely populated residential communities in the NYC metro area.
3. Investigate and remedy the FAA's recently implemented routing changes that have diverted commercial helicopter traffic over Hudson County neighborhoods including Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City, Kearny, Secaucus, North Arlington, and surrounding communities.
4. Support state and local legislation establishing noise taxes, stricter operating hour restrictions, and enhanced community oversight mechanisms for heliport operators in New Jersey and New York.
The commercial helicopter tourism industry has operated for decades with minimal accountability to the communities below. Two fatal crashes in 7 years. Eleven deaths. Thousands of noise complaints. Degradation of quality of life for hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of residents. This must end.
We are your constituents. We are asking you to act.