The influential trade association Airlines for America (A4A) has questioned thedesign of FAA's recently released Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) ofcommunities around a representative sample of 20 U.S. airports, which shows adramatic increase the percentage of people "highly annoyed" by aircraft noise andcould serve as the basis for an update of FAA's 40-year-old aircraft noise policy.A4A's members are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta AirLines, Federal Express, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines,United Airlines, and United Parcel Service. Air Canada, is an associate member.
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