The City of Long Beach has been sent a demand letter from the attorneys for SANER (Small Aircraft Noise Reduction group) in the opening salvo of legal action over the explosion of flight school low altitude flights impact on airport adjacent neighborhoods. The October 22, 2024 demand letter is from the SANER legal firm, nationally known aviation law experts Leech Tishman.
The letter is demanding that the airport follow the Long Beach municipal code regulating times of flight school operations. The demand portion of the letter states:
SANER demands that the City of Long Beach, as owner/operator of the Long Beach Airport, direct the Airport’s Noise Abatement Office to work in conjunction with the Air Traffic Control Tower to ensure that “taxi back” operations are not flown after the curfew on training operations. Further, SANER demands that any training operation at the Airport must be conducted within the hours specified in [LBMC] 16-43-030.A.