03-21-2009, 06:15 AM
Tour helicopters operate in a gray area as far as the law is concerned. However, cases on the East coast have been settled to the plaintiffs satisfaction, and the pilots personally had to pay the people for destroying their ability to peacefully enjoy their property. We have been here for over twenty years, built in the country far from any airport, yet are subjected to tour helicopters going over every five minutes all day, on a sunny day, for the past couple years. The pilots are not even obeying their orders to fly along the highways,to avoid disturbing residents. They believe they are an elite class, and do not have to follow the rules and regulations already in place. I am hoping the ACLU will become involved, and we can have a class action suit on behalf of subdivision residents, who are otherwise too poor to launch a case themselves.