FAA Explains New Flight Plan Procedures

CHARLOTTE, NC– “It has certainly increased since the people in these communities moved in there’s no question about it,”‘said Dick Thomas from the Steele Creek Corridor.

Concerned neighbors living in Southwest Charlotte specifically the Steele Creek corridor came to hear new FAA procedures, meaning new flight paths over their homes.

“There are times in the morning and afternoon and even late at night when is just pounding when they’re taking off to the south and is one after the other,” said Thomas.

FAA officials showed the community where the new flight paths will go and explained how modernizing their air traffic procedures will benefit everyone.

“Allows us to use the capabilities the satellite system has rather than having to fly circuitous routings we can fly much more direct routes in a much more precise and efficient manner,” said FAA Regional Administrator, Dennis Roberts.

Not everyone left unhappy after hearing FAA plans to relieve the constant noise over their part of town.

“The neighborhood sent me here to listen to what’s going on what I heard is they’re going to get those jets spread out in a wider area and at higher altitude faster so I get to report some good news to the neighborhood,” said Patrick Faulkner from the Park Crossing neighborhood in South Charlotte.

But others like Lynn Pushkas say after living decades almost noise free in her Northwest charlotte home, the unbearable jet noise now has their retirement plans up in the air.

“It has changed our life we don’t know if we’re going to sell or rent it or what we’re going to do everything in our life had changed,” said Lynn Pushkas from Northeast Charlotte.

The new flight plans go into effect May 30th.