> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Feeling safe in Santa Monica - URL: https://www.smdp.com/feeling-safe-in-santa-monica-20080405/ - Published: 2008-04-05T15:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-24T19:09:16.000Z - Author: Guest Author - Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import This past week, Q-line asked: The City Council last week passed a ban of the largest and fastest jets that operate out of the Santa Monica Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration has vowed to challenge the ruling. Do you think the city should stand its ground and take the FAA on or do you believe the city should seek a compromise? Here are your responses: “I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD FIGHT the FAA and get these jets out of Santa Monica Airport.” “HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS INSANITY going to go on? It’s like Playing Russian roulette.” “OVER THE YEARS., THE CITY OF SANTA Monica has seemingly attempted to function autonomously away from higher levels of government. Exercising what I refer to as the David against Goliath syndrome. It is not just the FAA that the city will have to contend with. The city will also have to contend with those wealthy folks and corporate giants who fly in those multi-million dollar jet. The street adage that money talks and flies and poop walks. As I stroll across Ocean Boulevard and hear poop flying overhead I say to myself there flies wealth. There flies wealth, then I continue to poop along. Both the FAA and the city of Santa Monica should sit down together and present the facts and then as it is said get real, keeping in mind that right has might.” “THE AIRPORT WASN’T DESIGNED FOR those (large jets). Perhaps they shouldn’t be allowed because they are too noisy and too dangerous. One of these days there’s going to be a crash and people are going to be killed and there’s going to be a ton of lawsuits.” “THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD DEFINITELY stand its ground on this issue. We really need our local leaders to take on the FAA and close down this menace.” “THE PEOPLE WHO FLY IN THESE JETS are multi-millionaires. They could care less about your home, your family, your health and the vile smell and noise. They have as much as common with you as you do to an ant. The City Council will soon enact another district assessment tax like the one on the central business district onto the surrounding airport homeowners pretending to fight the FAA. They won’t use any money from the $462 million budget because that would take much needed welfare payments used to support the idle, foul, lazy, corrupt non-artistic self promoters, mass transit, dimwitted education and high density buildings. Good luck with the City Council on your side.” “COMPROMISE WHAT? THE HEALTH and safety of thousand of residents? I don’t think so. Santa Monica should not only stand firm, but they need to pass a stronger ordinance yet, banning all jets and stop all this gambling with human life.” “THE ONLY COMPROMISE THE CITY should settle for would be a compete ban for all jets. It was wrong to allow them in the airport in the first place, as they are a menace to safety and health of Santa Monica Airport neighbors.” “I DO THINK THE CITY OF SANTA Monica should stand its ground and take on the FAA concerning the large jets flying in and out of Santa Monica Airport. The airport was never made for jets, and they started flying in back in ‘95-’96 when they could land on small runways. This was just a municipal local airport, and everybody liked it. Now, we hate it, and I think we should fight the FAA as much as we can.” “I BELIEVE THE CITY OF SANTA Monica should stand its ground and take the FAA on. I live in West L.A. Again I think the city should stand its ground and take the FAA on.” “I ABSOLUTELY THINK THE CITY SHOULD take a stand against the FAA. If they give into this issue in regards to Santa Monica Airport, we are essentially saying they can continue to dictate and determine what’s in our best interest. And as we all know the FAA is getting their palms greased by somebody. Celebrities love to say that they are taking care of our environment, yet they continue to fly jets out of our residential airport. I think if we don’t take a stand with the FAA we will continue to allow the FAA and other people to determine the well being of ourselves, our families and our children. So the city should take a stand.” “SANTA MONICA SHOULD ABSOLUTELY stand its ground against the FAA and make sure the thousand-foot buffer zone is kept at the airport no matter what. Whether its shorten the runway or take smaller jets, they absolutely should stand their ground. And I applaud them for keeping their residents safe, something they did not do at Teeter Borrow Airport in New Jersey.” “THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA MUST stand its ground against the FAA to pass an ordinance. Noise doesn’t bother me, I knew about the noise when I moved in, but it doesn’t give them any excuse to be a gross polluter with the jet aviation fumes. It’s disgusting and harmful to my family’s health. Finally, the FAA is in violation of its own rules by having a runway which is too short.” “(JETS) ARE AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER FOR the people that live around the airport. They’re also too large for the runway by the FAA’s own regulation.” “NOT ONLY SHOULD THE CITY STAND ITS ground, but it should take more stringent measures. Lives are at stake for not just those around the airport, but all of Santa Monica. A large jet in distress could hit any part of Santa Monica.” “THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD STAND ITS ground and uphold the ban of large jets. I’ve been a citizen of the West L.A. area since 1982, and things have definitely deteriorated.” “WILL YOU PLEASE SEND THE JETS BACK TO LAX and kick them out of here. I’ve lived here for 30 years. I cannot stand it *Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 5, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040508.pdf?ref=smdp.com)