10-28-2016, 04:46 PM
We just formed this group after meeting with Gov. Ige at his "town hall meeting" recently at UHH. At the time about 2 months ago they said "What helicopter problem"?
There is a membership and we do have a strategy- We first met with the FAA who told us there has never been an enforcement action on this island in last 10 years and at first said hardly anyone ever complains. Then stated that there were 179 current complaints. They also gave us a page out of their regulations stating that helicopter pilots can fly as low as they like.
We will have meetings in the future but right now just we're trying to get the word out with a voting guide found here;
hicop.org
These people have pledged their support if elected.
We know there is strength in numbers and even though they made our representatives mad with the " you don't have jurisdiction" and telling them there was "nothing they could do about it". Please contact your rep. anyway with your concerns- Mahalo! State Sen. Kai Kehele has been Awesome!
Do I enjoy bringing this up time and again?- absolutely not!! It is affecting how much time I can give to the various causes I have supported since I have lived here. I much rather just live in harmony and one reason we're taking time is to allow the helicopter pilots to voluntarily do the right thing. I know I will probably have to move as I'm under a direct flight path. I'm retired so I don't get a break like you would if you went to work everyday. I'm at my house alot which of course just now is starting to display my eight years of hard labor- I thought I would die here. It's gotten so bad I actually have to leave when the cruise ships get here.
We had an overflight 2 days ago at 6:13 am that woke us up.
There is a membership and we do have a strategy- We first met with the FAA who told us there has never been an enforcement action on this island in last 10 years and at first said hardly anyone ever complains. Then stated that there were 179 current complaints. They also gave us a page out of their regulations stating that helicopter pilots can fly as low as they like.
We will have meetings in the future but right now just we're trying to get the word out with a voting guide found here;
hicop.org
These people have pledged their support if elected.
We know there is strength in numbers and even though they made our representatives mad with the " you don't have jurisdiction" and telling them there was "nothing they could do about it". Please contact your rep. anyway with your concerns- Mahalo! State Sen. Kai Kehele has been Awesome!
Do I enjoy bringing this up time and again?- absolutely not!! It is affecting how much time I can give to the various causes I have supported since I have lived here. I much rather just live in harmony and one reason we're taking time is to allow the helicopter pilots to voluntarily do the right thing. I know I will probably have to move as I'm under a direct flight path. I'm retired so I don't get a break like you would if you went to work everyday. I'm at my house alot which of course just now is starting to display my eight years of hard labor- I thought I would die here. It's gotten so bad I actually have to leave when the cruise ships get here.
We had an overflight 2 days ago at 6:13 am that woke us up.