03-21-2013, 02:04 PM
I think it needs to be said by those that are thoroughly annoyed by these companies, myself included; I am not interested in putting them out of business, or depriving tourists of this "thrill ride". I've never asked that they don't fly over my property, just don't fly every ten minutes, 30-40 times a day! Is that too much to ask?
I am advocating a more responsible way to do it. I like the heliport near the volcano idea with a limit to cross-over traffic to Hilo.
Forgive me, but I cannot accept the cost argument of this issue. If it takes an additional $50-100 per passenger to burn more fuel to either fly higher or use paths around sub-D's, so be it. We all have to pay more for fuel to get to work, no one worries about how it affects our bottom line.
Our right to peaceful enjoyment of our properties should be sacrificed for their profits? Show me someone who thinks this is okay, and I'll show you someone who doesn't live under their "highway".
Perhaps I'm an idealist and I still believe in the rights of the individual. Yes, they have a right to conduct business, NO they don't have a right to bother me doing it. NO business does. Let's find a compromise. Their way of compromising is ignoring it and hoping those that complain, go away.
The safety aspect of flying off the coast is equally retarded. What's more dangerous, flying 3,000' over water, or doing circles 500' feet over an active volcano?
I am advocating a more responsible way to do it. I like the heliport near the volcano idea with a limit to cross-over traffic to Hilo.
Forgive me, but I cannot accept the cost argument of this issue. If it takes an additional $50-100 per passenger to burn more fuel to either fly higher or use paths around sub-D's, so be it. We all have to pay more for fuel to get to work, no one worries about how it affects our bottom line.
Our right to peaceful enjoyment of our properties should be sacrificed for their profits? Show me someone who thinks this is okay, and I'll show you someone who doesn't live under their "highway".
Perhaps I'm an idealist and I still believe in the rights of the individual. Yes, they have a right to conduct business, NO they don't have a right to bother me doing it. NO business does. Let's find a compromise. Their way of compromising is ignoring it and hoping those that complain, go away.
The safety aspect of flying off the coast is equally retarded. What's more dangerous, flying 3,000' over water, or doing circles 500' feet over an active volcano?