PUBLIC FORUM : JETLINER'S EMERGENCY LANDING IS INSTRUCTIVE.These are additional letters on Saturday's Public Forum topic, building a new and larger terminal at Burbank Airport. The Burbank Airport lawsuit is analogous to the Tuesday situation at Burbank Airport when a Southwest Boeing 737 jet found itself approaching for touchdown with a non-operating landing gear. Any attempted landing on a Burbank runway could spell disaster, given the terminal's proximity to relatively short active runways, and a potentially non-steerable aircraft on a landing roll. Fortunately, the pilot opted to divert to Ontario Airport, with its more friendly environment: longer runways and buildings not hugging a landing runway. All are relieved with the results. If nothing else this incident should serve to educate Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. naysayers thatthe relocation of the Burbank terminal must
not be delayed.
- L. Wright Burbank The April 30 Daily News editorial, ``Terminate the debate,'' is right on point. There has been more than adequate attention paid to the noise and traffic issues in the debate over a new terminal at Burbank Airport, and much too little attention to the inappropriate level of risk we would assume if we should fail to move the current terminal in the near future. All of the issues raised by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Councilman Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management have already had their day in Superior Court, and the judge approved the environmental impact report. To repeat the exercise in federal court is a pointless political tactic. Advocates of building a new terminal the same size as the old one would be greatly disappointed in the result: Changing the terminal plans will not reduce noise and traffic. The number of passengers forecast for the future is already here. The current terminal is three times too small for today's traffic, and building a new terminal the same size would only ensure that the facility is inadequate before the doors open - not the best way to greet a new century. The emergency landing of a Burbank-bound airline jet at Ontario International Airport because of a landing gear problem could not have been a more timely reminder of how important it is to get on with this essential project. - Carl Raggio Jr. President Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority While I and the other members of the Studio City Residents Association continue to support the presence of the Burbank Airport, and the need for improvement to its facilities, I also continue to object to the Airport Authority's and the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to address the problem of increasing noise from the airport. As both the authority and the FAA knows, the residents of Studio City and other communities that now bear the brunt brunt n. 1. The main impact or force, as of an attack. 2. The main burden: bore the brunt of the household chores. of the noise have long sought added noise-mitigation measures. One reasonable alternative is the implementation of a mandatory curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. on weekends. This proposition has at various times been misrepresented as an attempt to shut down the airport or to prevent any improvement of its facilities. To the contrary, the residents recognize the utility and benefits of the airport; they wish only to reach a compromise that equally recognizes the needs of residents. - Christopher Barnes Studio City Regarding the proposed city of Los Angeles' lawsuit over relocation of the Burbank terminal: The public trust in aviation safety is the predominant issue here. I am a Burbank Airport user, both as a passenger and a pilot. Secretary of Transportation Frederico Pena stated it best: ``The public at large expects nothing less than zero defects "Zero Defects" is a notional quality standard developed by Phil Crosby. Although applicable to any type of enterprise, it has been primarily adopted within industry supply chains wherever large volumes of components are being purchased (common items such as nuts and bolts are good from the FAA in its mission to improve aviation safety.'' Many think that this applies only to aircraft in flight. However, airports play just as important a role. Safe and efficient terminal facilities increase on-time performance, reduce fuel consumption and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , help to minimize pilot fatigue - a leading factor in aircraft accidents. - Jon Rodgers Castro Valley Castro Valley, uninc. city (1990 pop. 48,619), Alameda co., W Calif., near San Francisco Bay. Chiefly residential, it also has light industries. The Los Angeles City Council is hypocritical hyp·o·crit·i·cal adj. 1. Characterized by hypocrisy: hypocritical praise. 2. Being a hypocrite: a hypocritical rogue. . It is draining Los Angeles International Airport-generated revenue into the black hole known as the city's general fund. Dollar diversions like this are unlawful. Since 1980, Los Angeles has been standing in Burbank's way to delay inevitable progress. City Council hacks pander To pimp; to cater to the gratification of the lust of another. To entice or procure a person, by promises, threats, Fraud, or deception to enter any place in which prostitution is practiced for the purpose of prostitution. to anti-noise ecoactivists from homeowner groups in Valley Village, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Encino, etc. Unwilling to accept noise in the above communities, they have Councilman Joel Wachs leading the charge to have air carrier aircraft take off to the east over Burbank and Glendale. This is a noise-shifting concept. And it certainly isn't a good-neighbor policy. - Don Dufford Burbank As far as I'm concerned, they should not build a new and larger terminal at Burbank Airport. Plans should be made to reduce noise and traffic, not increase it. I've lived within 10 minutes of the Burbank terminal for most of my life and watched it grow to the size it is now and have learned to put up with the noise. But I'm not ready for the terrible sounds there would be with all those extra gates they want to put in and more planes flying night and day. No way. - Lorraine Courtney Sun Valley The existing terminal is too small and has inadequate facilities for the people it serves, not to mention its unsafe close proximity to the landing runway. I have used this airport quite often. It is a great convenience for Valley people. As far as noise is concerned, I live very close to both landing and take-off paths of planes. The noise has never bothered me. How long does it last - two seconds, three? It is a foolish argument when you consider the importance of having an adequate commercial airport in this area. Expansion is an excellent decision. - Rita Haase Sun Valley Two views on logging in A colloquial term for the process of making the initial record of the names of individuals who have been brought to the police station upon their arrest. The process of logging in is also called booking. national forests This is in response to the letter by Patti Laursen of the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club (``Sierra Club defends stand on logging ban,'' Public Forum, May 2) in her attempt to refute re·fute tr.v. re·fut·ed, re·fut·ing, re·futes 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof: refute testimony. 2. your great April 26 editorial, ``Sierra Club vs. the West,'' dealing with logging in the national forests. Congress included provisions in the salvage law, a part of the 1995 rescisions bill, that released previously offered legal timber sales in Oregon and Washington containing some older trees. If breached, the contracts pose a $100 million liability to the government, while the U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Created in 1798, the United States Department of the Treasury is the government (Cabinet) department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes and bills. Some of the government branches operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella include the IRS, U.S. has the potential to gain $300 million if the timber is harvested. The purpose of the salvage law is to expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the harvest of dead trees before economic value is lost. If the salvage law is implemented as intended, the Congressional Budget Office The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is responsible for economic forecasting and fiscal policy analysis, scorekeeeping, cost projections, and an Annual Report on the Federal Budget. The office also underdakes special budget-related studies at the request of Congress. estimates a net profit to the U.S. Treasury of $37 million, with estimates up to $650 million even after millions of dollars are returned to the counties where the timber was harvested. The quicker the salvage is offered, the greater the returns to the treasury. This does not sound like the U.S. taxpayers will get stuck with a bill and that the Forest Service will lose millions, as Laursen contends. Only a Sierra Clubber would say a timber sale is a gift and subsidy to the timber industry. As far as clear cutting is concerned, Laursen must not know that the Douglas fir Douglas fir: see pine. Douglas fir Any of about six species of coniferous evergreen timber trees (see conifer) that make up the genus Pseudotsuga, in the pine family, native to western North America and eastern Asia. requires a clear-cut environment. It cannot reproduce under its own stems, and can never be a self-perpetuating forest. Mature Douglas fir forests are doomed to be replaced by Sitka spruce or western hemlock hemlock, any tree of the genus Tsuga, coniferous evergreens of the family Pinaceae (pine family) native to North America and Asia. The common hemlock of E North America is T. unless some catastrophe clears the area so they can reproduce. Laursen contends that polls show the public is increasingly pro-environment and anti-special interest. I can't think of anyone who is not pro-environment, except perhaps those environmentalists who refuse to consider mankind as part of the environment. And, is not the Sierra Club a special interest group? No wonder more and more people are becoming anti-Sierra Club. - Merwyn H. Hemp Northridge Regarding ``Sierra Club vs. the West'':Unfortunately, the forest ``facts'' you presented in your editorial are extremely outdated. Sadly, the truth of the matter is that since the passage of the devastatingly destructive salvage logging Salvage logging is the practice of felling trees in forest areas that have been damaged by fire. In the United States, salvage logging is a controversial issue for two main reasons. rider last July, all protection has been removed from all areas of our national forests. As you read this, healthy, green, ancient, old-growth forests are being sold to and clear-cut by multinational corporations
The national forests are being systematically destroyed, at our expense. What a travesty. Let's follow the lead of the Sierra Club and demand an end to the commercial logging of our national forests. - Connie Hanson Los Angeles CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Burbank bound: A disabled Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. jet mad e an emergency landing at the Ontario International Airport on Tuesday. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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