11-08-2007, 02:48 PM
Just out of curiosity, don't you think that two tour operators on that board make for a highly disproportionate representation of that industry? It's not like we need affirmative action for bad business practices.
I think this can be framed as a simple property rights issue. You might have the right to fly over it, but not thunder over it, anymore than anyone has the right to blast loud music, or ride 2 cycle motorcycles all day and night. The NOISE is the primary issue and causes a material damage. If my property is worth 5000 dollars less than it would be if I didn't get noisy helicopters flying over it, and I get 500 flights over it a year-- a pretty reasonable assumption--it seems like every helicopter that flies over owes me a dollar or so--as that's what that 5000 bucks of equity really ought to earn me. That's the same for every other property owner in the state--and a settlement of anything less than that is a simple rip-off and theft of the value of my property and the efforts I make to keep it good "scenery."
Easily, a surcharge of a hundred bucks a head would be needed to repair the economic destruction of the helicopter tours. If one through in the potential ecological damage, the cost would be simply prohibitive. Who should that money go to? I don't know, but I'm not going to ask for it. There's plenty of good causes needing attention.
Ban 'em completely. They've proven to play crooked, and they can just kiss off as far as I'm concerned.
I think this can be framed as a simple property rights issue. You might have the right to fly over it, but not thunder over it, anymore than anyone has the right to blast loud music, or ride 2 cycle motorcycles all day and night. The NOISE is the primary issue and causes a material damage. If my property is worth 5000 dollars less than it would be if I didn't get noisy helicopters flying over it, and I get 500 flights over it a year-- a pretty reasonable assumption--it seems like every helicopter that flies over owes me a dollar or so--as that's what that 5000 bucks of equity really ought to earn me. That's the same for every other property owner in the state--and a settlement of anything less than that is a simple rip-off and theft of the value of my property and the efforts I make to keep it good "scenery."
Easily, a surcharge of a hundred bucks a head would be needed to repair the economic destruction of the helicopter tours. If one through in the potential ecological damage, the cost would be simply prohibitive. Who should that money go to? I don't know, but I'm not going to ask for it. There's plenty of good causes needing attention.
Ban 'em completely. They've proven to play crooked, and they can just kiss off as far as I'm concerned.