Ralph

Abae_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder if flights landed at a shallower angle > this week due to the high winds. There was some > mention (possibly on this thread) of here having > been a trial of landings being steeper so that the > planes were higher for longer and therefore more > quiet Don't be fooled by Heathrow's claims regarding steeper landing descents. They are PR window dressing and have and will make no difference to noise pollution caused by planes. Previous plane descent was at 3%. It's now at 3.29%. Which makes for difference in height that is, sadly, negligible.

Thanks for suggesting this James. I would definitely be interested in attending. I will also flag with friends and neighbours.

This is an area-wide issue that affects much of Southwark - but is particularly bad over Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, East Dulwich / Dulwich village. We are being overflown by virtually every plane landing at Heathrow - coming from both the holding stacks in North London and the holding stacks over Biggin Hill and Croydon. And unlike those under the flight paths in West London - which get some respite when Heathrow swaps runways - it can be completely relentless. Unless the wind is an easterly, which is hardly ever, we can have planes flying overheard every 90 secs from 4.30am to 11pm. It is not seasonal - the planes are just as frequent in the winter as they are in the summer. It is a blight on the area and people's lives and we should be making our own noise about it. If you have not done so already, complain to Heathrow every time you are affected by noise. Heathrow has to log every complaint about noise as well as publish data on the number of complaints they receive each year and where from so it is worth doing. How to do this is outlined here: www.heathrowairport.com/noise. Heathrow is considering a trial on steeper landing descents, so you should ask for this when you complain. We are 15 miles from Heathrow, yet planes are flying so low and are so big you can see the logos on many of them now. You should also ask for them to impose periods of respite. The more people that put pressure on them to do this the more likely it will happen. You should also get in touch with James Barber and other local politicians and flag it as an issue they should be raising. You should also get in touch with Hacan(http://hacan.org.uk)which lobbies on behalf of people living under the Heathrow flight path. Its website has a lot of good advice on what to do. Finally we should all be lobbying against a third runway at Heathrow. If we think this is bad, it will be nothing to what will happen if the third runway is given the go ahead! Sorry for the length of the post. Am a first time poster who is fed up with the constant overhead noise.