Despite the lack of objective measurements of noise,
Despite the concessions the pilots in the direction of local residents since 2006,
Despite warnings to the Minister, Nathalie Koscuisko-Morizet about the catastrophic consequences that will generated by drastic measures of flight restrictions on our airport,
the draft decree of total closure from 12 to 15 hours requested by Valérie Pécresse Nathalie Kosciusko Morizet, moves on.

To discover this monument, the first of its kind since the original ordinance of november 1973, click on this link (Sorry, only in French right now)

Here is a translation of the parts related to the flight prohibition

I. – The aerodrome is prohibited aircraft with a takeoff weight of more than 12 t;

II. – The aerodrome is prohibited for traffic 10:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (local time);

III. – Between 1 April and 30 September, the airport is prohibited for traffic Sunday and holidays from 12:00 to 15:00 (local time);

And the parts related to flight restrictions

IV. – The aerodrome is only available from 6:00 to 7:00 (local time) to based aircraft, evolving according to the visual flight rules (VFR)

V. – Outside the aerodrome control hours, the airfield is limited to Aircraft based on the airfield, according to the instructions of the official aeronautical documentation in force.

Only aircraft based at the airfield equipped with silencers and are on a list authorized to make training patterns during the following time slots:
1 – Aircraft night throughout the year;
2 – 1st of April to 30th September:
Saturday from 12:00 to 16:00 and after 20:00 (local time);
Sundays and holidays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (local time).
The Director of Civil Aviation Security North maintains a list of aircraft based Aerodrome equipped with silencers.

The aircraft equipped with jet engines are prohibited to use the aerodrome under Visual Flight Rules (VFR)

Madame Pécresse wrote: “These measures will restore between residents, elected officials and users, confidence and serenity that is essential for the continuation, of the aerodrome’s operations”

What is the dialogue, when only the abusive power of a Minister is enough to make a difference ? A minority of residents seems to have got it right !

How can we claim to sustain the operations of an airport, while forcing planes on the ground ? Users are not fooled by this sham.

These virtuous intentions, offered to a minority of complainants (367), conceals a large project written in the concrete :  the development plan for “Grand Paris”, and one has to be very naive to believe that in case of the disappearance of the aerodrome, it will be replaced by a green area, quiet and bucolic.

Fortunately, ministers change. It is not certain that our opponents today won’t be on our side tomorrow, if the caprice of a minister is a second Bourget-class airport or an industrial center (Guyancourt, does that sound familiar to anyone ?) and why not a second nuclear power plant ?

Time will tell. Sleep well, while the boat sinks.