Curfew

AIRPORT DISTRICT — Dozens of residents filtered in and out of the airport Sky Room Monday afternoon, as a brief video laid out the Burbank- Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority’s case for banning all late-night and early-morning flights. The four-hour workshop was the first public input session meant to gain support for the proposed curfew laid out in the Part 161 Study that would ban all flights, save for emergency, between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Informational packets were also made available and airport officials were on hand to answer questions from residents.

BOB HOPE AIRPORT — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday informed the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority that its application for a proposed nighttime curfew at Bob Hope Airport was complete, setting off a nearly six-month review period. The announcement, made late Friday in an announcement signed by Catherine Lang, the FAA’s acting associate administrator for airports, establishes that the authority’s roughly 800-page request to restrict all landings and departures at Bob Hope Airport between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. is complete.

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have grounded one effort to create a hard curfew on night flights out of Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, so local representatives have introduced the same rules as a stand-alone piece of legislation.

BURBANK — The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority unanimously voted Monday to start the clock on approving a mandatory ban on all flights at Bob Hope Airport from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. as recommended in the Part 161 Study. The authority formally presented the proposed curfew to the public in a conference room at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center and will hold a 45-day open public comment period, starting March 31. Officials will also hold a public workshop on April 14 and a public hearing on May 12. On June 16, the authority plans to add comments to the report and will submit it to the Federal Aviation Administration, which has the final say as to whether the curfew will be implemented, officials said.

CITY HALL ? The City Council agreed Tuesday to maintain Burbank?s 10 p.m. curfew in the wake of a challenge to lengthen it by one hour from Councilman Dave Golonski. The curfew currently prohibits minors from ?loitering, idling, wandering, strolling or playing? in certain public places between 10 p.m. and sunrise, according to the City Charter. The purpose of the ordinance is ?to protect our kids from potential victimization and enhances the safety of our residences during the late hours,?

AIRPORT DISTRICT — Dozens of residents filtered in and out of the airport Sky Room Monday afternoon, as a brief video laid out the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority’s case for banning all late-night and early-morning flights. The four-hour workshop was the first public input session meant to gain support for the proposed curfew laid out in the Part 161 Study that would ban all flights, save for emergency, between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Informational packets were also made available and airport officials were on hand to answer questions from residents.

These Burbank airport curfew people sure don?t know their heinie from their elbow about winning a political campaign. First of all, take the word curfew. What does that conjure up in your mind? Something the Nazis did in Poland, or worse, what your parents did to you when you were 16. Not very positive, is it? To win the issue they need to learn to play the game like the big boys do. They?ve got to use what Winston Churchill called a ?terminological inexactitude.? In other words ?

An umbrella group made up of San Fernando Valley residents, business people and community activists on Tuesday formally announced its opposition to a proposed curfew at Bob Hope Airport that would restrict flights from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. The group ? Valley Vote ? cited plans by airport officials to shift flights from Burbank to other regional airports as the root of their resistance to what would be the first curfew of its kind if approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. If the ban is enacted, more than 30 flights will be rerouted to Van Nuys Airport and five flights to Los Angeles International Airport.

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have grounded one effort to create a hard curfew on night flights out of Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, so local representatives have introduced the same rules as a stand-alone piece of legislation.

A new public relations campaign is beginning to make it appear that there is activity to obtain noise reduction (“Airport officials still eyeing light curfew,” March 17). It cannot be relied upon to have any substance leading to practical results. As in the past, all pretenses to make this happen will take place in private meetings. Those involved have no intention to speak publicly about their respective objectives. The strongest opposition in the Part 161 application for a mandatory curfew came from scheduled airlines and general aviation.

AIRPORT DISTRICT — Five months after federal officials rejected a nine-year, multimillion-dollar application for nighttime flight restrictions, Bob Hope Airport officials on Monday announced plans to possibly switch the current curfew from voluntary to mandatory. Joyce Streator, president of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, made the announcement, saying the authority has begun discussions with airlines on converting the existing voluntary nighttime curfew between 10 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. into a permanent mandatory restriction for all passenger air carriers.

AIRPORT DISTRICT — Five months after federal officials rejected a nine-year, multimillion-dollar application for nighttime flight restrictions, Bob Hope Airport officials on Monday announced plans to possibly make mandatory the current voluntary curfew. Joyce Streator, president of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, made the announcement Monday, saying the authority has begun discussions with airlines on converting the existing voluntary nighttime curfew between 10 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. into a permanent mandatory restriction for all passenger-air carriers.

It might be easy to dismiss the failed effort of Bob Hope Airport officials for nighttime restrictions as a waste of money and resources, but then, it was a battle of necessity. Regardless of the chances a curfew had with the Federal Aviation Administration, it was the job of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority to try, and try it did, like no other airport has. The closely watched application was denied, but it wasn’t all for naught. We now know that avenue has been exhausted, and that other paths to noise relief must be pursued.

John F. Cabrera (“Don’t like noise? Then move,” Nov. 13) is a prime example of an attitude the British call “I’m all right, Jack.” Living in Glendale, well out of the flight paths, he has the nerve to tell those of us stuck in the flight path to simply move. Twenty-one years ago when we bought our home adjacent to the WB Ranch, and several miles from the airport, we checked for sound. We were concerned about the proximity to the freeway.

BOB HOPE AIRPORT — In their first public comments since federal officials turned down a nine-year, multimillion-dollar application for nighttime flight restrictions, Bob Hope Airport officials on Monday said that they would keep pushing for noise relief. The Federal Aviation Administration on Nov. 2 denied a request from the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority for a ban on air traffic at the airport between 10 p.m. and 6:59 a.m., with exceptions for emergency flights and medical aircraft.

Regarding the Nov. 7 letter “Suicide should not be glorified,” I would like to say first and foremost that in no way is the city of Burbank “glorifying” Sgt. Neil Thomas Gunn’s death. The candles, flowers and flags flying at half-staff are celebrating the incredible life that Gunn led. As a daughter of a retired Burbank police lieutenant, I understand the incredible sacrifice that these men and women must face while dealing with patrolling and protecting the beautiful city of Burbank.

CITY HALL — The Federal Aviation Administration decision to reject a nighttime noise curfew at Bob Hope Airport may have seen a blunt end to a nine-year, multimillion-dollar effort, but officials said advanced warning of the impending decision had given them time to develop alternatives. The FAA made good on its promise Monday when it rejected the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority’s proposal that would have barred air traffic at Bob Hope Airport between 10 p.m. and 6:59 a.m., with exceptions for emergency flights and medical aircraft.