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L.A. Helo Operators Appeal For Noise Complaint Funding
Community Groups Oppose Move

On June 30, the FAA terminated funding for the Automated Noise Complaint System (ACS) put in place to measure helicopter noise in the Los Angeles Basin. The ACS had been operating since 2015. The FAA maintains that it has captured all the data it needs from the system, originally intended to be in place for only one year but later extended for two more years. The Los Angeles Area Helicopter Operators Association and the Professional Helicopter Pilots Association want funding for the $30,000-a-year system continued. They claim data from the system proves that helicopter noise complaints emanate from relatively few areas in the basin and are disproportionately initiated by a handful of disgruntled citizens. 


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