Although an agreement was reached to allow some housing near Williams Gateway Airport, I still believe Boeing has it right. Sometimes we have to listen to the experts - I would say Boeing is the expert when it comes to airports, surrounding land developments, housing negatives near flight paths and noise, and the risk of business potential being lost. It’s a "no brain-er" in my opinion - don’t put residents where they are sure to complain soon after moving in and even more so later as Williams Gateway Airport continues to grow, now with it’s 4th carrier, Sky Value - it will happen. Boeing knows!I grew up in Tucson, a good ways from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, maybe 7 miles - but we lived in the flight path. My mom would "hit the floor" every time a B52 flew over. My parents were forever patching a crack that went across the ceiling because the sound was so loud the house shook. Then it was the jets - we’d hear them after they were gone! I actually lived on Williams A.F.B. as a kid, I don’t know if there was anyone around to complain then! Later, living in Glendale there was always residents near Luke A.F.B. complaining - then there was more housing built much later and closer to the base - it got pretty bad, people said they had a right to complain. Knowing the base was there when they moved in didn’t seem to register at the time. More recently the Mayor of Surprise backed down from housing proposed in her town - seeing the logic in the request to protect the base from further unnecessary negative circumstances. None of these areas where houses were built were owned by the Air Force - it just makes good since not to put a problem under the nose of an airplane. People and homes don’t mix with runways, noise, and low flying aircraft. It’s best for all concerned to keep an appropriate distance. Right?I thought the land was going to be occupied by business, small warehouses and industrial sites. That makes more sense.Listen to Boeing - they’ve been in the business for decades - why not trust their judgement?
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