By Betty A. Darling Santa Monica
Re: Letter of Kali D. Davis (May 3) Ms. Davis cites the noise, pollution and safety factors of the Santa Monica Airport. Another way to look at flights is the marvelous engineering of a given aircraft, plus the expertise of the pilots. Sitting in the cockpit of any craft flying out of Santa Monica is a joyous experience of knowing your instruments and soaring above the earth. Take a cockpit flight with this in mind and it will give you a different perspective of flight.
The time-worn cliché of “close the airport” is mouth-work of residents who surely knew there was an airport in the vicinity before purchasing their homes. One doesn’t move to a neighborhood near a freeway, for instance, then demand the freeway be moved to accommodate their sensitivities. Ms. Davis moved near the airport by personal choice.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 17, 2007. Read the original PDF.