MD-80 Too Noisy for John Wayne
Any changes being contemplated for John Wayne Airport’s noise policy should include provisions to remove the MD-80 airplane from the airport.
The MD-80 once was the bellwether of quiet jets at John Wayne Airport, but has since become an albatross. Technology has caught up with the MD-80, and there are now several alternative airplanes which are much quieter.
If power cutbacks are a problem for safety, then quieter airplanes than the MD-80 should be required at John Wayne as a trade-off. This would be a win-win situation for the neighbors of Newport Beach, the county and the pilots.
It could also be an incentive for McDonnell Douglas to develop a quieter airplane.
JAN D. VANDERSLOOT, Newport Beach
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