Who we are
The increase in air traffic and subsequent new marshalling paths mean that more people across London and the Thames Valley are affected by aircraft noise and pollution. Our members are now drawn from Windsor in the West to Greenwich in the East and from Mile End and Muswell Hill in the North to Epsom in the South.
Our campaigning is done largely on a voluntary basis, which means that we make the best possible use of the funds we have.
Our income comes from our supporters, mostly from membership subscriptions. We have also received substantial funds from supporters who wish to remain anonymous, whilst other supporters raised a considerable sum to enable us to pay the legal fees to mount the challenge to night flights in the European Court of Human Rights. In this way we are able to survive and continue to fight because, unlike the civil aviation industry, we receive no grants or subsidies from the taxpayer. However, maintaining the level of profile we have achieved costs money so, if you agree with our aim and are thankful for what we are doing, please contribute yourself by joining us.
Where we stand
- Having opposed permission for T5 at Heathrow, we're now fighting for the
Government to honour the T5 inspector's recommendations, in particular the
limit of 480,000 flights per year.
- We oppose a 'third' runway at Heathrow (technically there already are three,
but BA want a new parallel one built). This was another one of the T5 Inspector's
conditions.
- We would like the Government to look again at the current aircraft marshalling
paths, and to give some relief to the areas worst affected.
- We would like a ban on night flights into Heathrow between 23:00 and 06:00
hours. Ideally, this would apply to the night flying period as defined by
the Government (23.00 to 07.00).
- We don't think it's fair that the airlines evade paying tax on aviation
fuel.
- We don't think it's fair that British airlines don't pay VAT on their aircraft.
- We believe that the Polluter Pays Principle should apply to the aviation industry, as to any other.
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