Sunday, December 30, 2018

Button offers instant gratification for those plagued by airplane noise

(Click on the image for Lori Aratani's Washington Post report)
  • "Barbara Deckert has a new weapon in the war against airplane noise — and she’s not afraid to use it.
    Every time a plane flies over her suburban Maryland home, rattling her windows and setting her teeth on edge, she presses a small white button and feels a tiny sense of triumph.
    That’s because with one click, Deckert has done what could have taken her hours to do a few months ago — she has filed a noise complaint with officials at the Maryland Aviation Administration.
    Thanks to the ingenuity of a software engineer from Southern California, Deckert and hundreds of others with similar beefs, and the Airnoise button, have an easy way to register their annoyance with the jets that fly over their homes.
    “It’s a fabulous tool,” Deckert said. “Clicking that button is really psychologically satisfying.”"
  • A Tantallon neighbor who has one of these buttons notes, "Others in this area who are bothered by the airplane traffic might be interested."