Friday, August 14, 2015

The Unbearable Lightness of Speeding

For those of you who are logging the SERFR flights and noticing all the speed violations*... 

The higher the speed, the more the noise... 


Maybe you heard the Asiana flight this morning a little before 5:00AM under 10K' at 344 kt ...

Jolted me awake!
Send your complaints to FAA Flight Standards.

They are the team responsible for enforcing the airlines to comply. 

Our regional contact is:
Jeff Ebey (408) 291-7681 (main number) jeffrey.e.ebey(AT)faa.gov

Jeff's supervisor is Ken Heitzman, his extension is #146


Be careful not to complain about the "noise" or you'll be told to call SFO noise abatement. (that's another post for another time).

The FAA flight standards team only care about violations, they don't care about noise. This may come as a big surprise... 


§ 91.117 Aircraft speed*.

(a) Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, no person may operate an aircraft below 10,000 feet MSL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots (288 m.p.h.).