10-03-2007, 12:30 AM
The issue is:
A) There IS no respected flight path. No due diligence on your part of a property buyer will determine that. Sure, they fly up to the crater, but out to the new flows and willy nilly where they feel like with complete disregard to the people below.
B) Clearly, if you're unfortunate to be within the line of sight between the airport and any new "attraction" you'll have helicopter trouble regardless of where you are on the island. And then, I suppose--some of you may become more interested.
For myself--it might surprise you at this point--I DON'T have helicopter problems. But I know people that do-and really do. But I'll still say, you're not much of a citizen, and you certainly don't represent any sort of "aloha" spirit if you aren't as interested in your neighbors property rights and troubles as you are in your own.
C) Clearly there is damage being caused. I'm not a real estate expert, but I'll bet that if you've got a piece of property that so happens to be where the tours fly, it's likely worth a third less that it would be without. That is very significant indeed, and considered island wide the tour helicopters are likely a deficit to the economy as a whole.
D) As for the middle ground sort of arguments--listen, all would be needed was responsibility on part of tour operators. Just don't fly at tree top level. Keep them up in the air out of simple decency and safety. But, if you fly at altitude you'll burn a lot more fuel, right? Well, that costs money--and obviously it's more important to these people to take the common good and put it in their pocket than respect anyone else. Simple courtesy is all that's needed here. It doesn't exist.
A) There IS no respected flight path. No due diligence on your part of a property buyer will determine that. Sure, they fly up to the crater, but out to the new flows and willy nilly where they feel like with complete disregard to the people below.
B) Clearly, if you're unfortunate to be within the line of sight between the airport and any new "attraction" you'll have helicopter trouble regardless of where you are on the island. And then, I suppose--some of you may become more interested.
For myself--it might surprise you at this point--I DON'T have helicopter problems. But I know people that do-and really do. But I'll still say, you're not much of a citizen, and you certainly don't represent any sort of "aloha" spirit if you aren't as interested in your neighbors property rights and troubles as you are in your own.
C) Clearly there is damage being caused. I'm not a real estate expert, but I'll bet that if you've got a piece of property that so happens to be where the tours fly, it's likely worth a third less that it would be without. That is very significant indeed, and considered island wide the tour helicopters are likely a deficit to the economy as a whole.
D) As for the middle ground sort of arguments--listen, all would be needed was responsibility on part of tour operators. Just don't fly at tree top level. Keep them up in the air out of simple decency and safety. But, if you fly at altitude you'll burn a lot more fuel, right? Well, that costs money--and obviously it's more important to these people to take the common good and put it in their pocket than respect anyone else. Simple courtesy is all that's needed here. It doesn't exist.