Comments

Subject: Don't Move COVTO & Keep Jet Noise Over River to American Legion Bridge

Dear FAA & Elected Representatives,

I am concerned about the changes to flight paths that have occurred in recent years and are under consideration for the near future that unfairly concentrate aircraft noise over our neighborhoods in Bethesda, Maryland.

I request that that the FAA leave the COVTO waypoint at its current location over the uninhabited Virginia riverbank and NOT move it closer to the many neighborhoods that line the Maryland side of the Potomac River to keep jet noise over the river to the American Legion Bridge.

As a resident, voter and taxpayer residing in Bethesda, I ask that you act to reduce the aircraft noise in my neighborhood that results from the flight path changes for aircraft arriving at and departing from Reagan Airport (“DCA”).

• Disrupting Sleep - Jet noise disrupts my sleep so that most days I fall asleep when the last aircraft departs after 11 PM, I am often awakened by jet noises at night and I am awakened each morning by the first flights departing by my bedroom windows before 6 AM each weekday.

• Distracting Students - Jet noise distracts my student's concentration at school and at home in elementary schools including Wood Acres, Westbrook, Bannockburn & Carderock Springs and middle schools including Westland and Pyle and at Walt Whitman High School.

• Interrupting Quiet Enjoyment - Jet noise disrupts my legal right to quiet enjoyment anytime I am outdoors and even inside my homes interrupting conversations, drowning out music and even generating physical discomfort.

I await your confirmation that you will leave the COVTO waypoint at its current location over the uninhabited Virginia riverbank keep jet noise over the river to American Legion Bridge.

[insert your name]

[insert your neighborhood] in Bethesda, Maryland