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Couple Lets FAA, Fliers Know How They Feel About New Airspace Plan

Obscene Sign Placed On Roof Near PHL

Granted, there are probably more than a few of us who have wanted, at one time or another, to tell the FAA what it could go do with itself... but not many of us ever put those desires in writing, unlike a Philadelphia-area couple. And they used big letters to do it.

"(Expletive) U FAA," reads a rooftop message, visible to pilots and passengers departing Philadelphia International Airport, reports The Associated Press.

One letter of the obscenity is substituted with an underscore; below the writing is the image of an airplane with a slash through it, and the words "No Fly Zone."

The sign is the work of homeowner Michael Hall and his girlfriend, Michaelene Buddy. Both are angry with the agency for its altering of departure routes out of Philadelphia last month, as part of a controversial effort to improve efficiency and reduce delays. 

As a result of those changes, the couple says the noise has become unbearable in their Ridley Township home... to the point Hall says he has to sleep with earplugs.

When they called the FAA's noise-complaint hotline, he adds, they couldn't leave a message since the voicemail box was full.

So they broke out the roof sealant, and "voiced" their opinion in seven-foot-high letters.

"Just doing it made me feel better, but I'd still like to say what I wrote directly to the idiot head of the FAA," Hall told the Philadelphia Daily News.

As ANN reported last month, officials in Delaware County -- which includes Ridley Township -- have filed a lawsuit against the FAA, claiming the environmental-impact study conducted by the agency violated federal regs.

An FAA spokesman had no comment about the obscene message to the AP... at least, we suspect, anything fit to print.

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.co.delaware.pa.us/

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