LONG BEACH ASSOCIATION “In support of general aviation and aviation in general”

LBAA P.O. BOX 91372 LONG BEACH, CA 90809 * FOURTH QUARTER 2011 NEWSLETTER * OCT/NOV/DEC 2011 STOP LGB CLASS C!!! BE THERE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS!!! Airspace meetings have been scheduled from 6 until 9 p.m. Tuesday, October 25, 2011 & Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Holiday Inn Long Beach Airport, 2640 N. Lakewood Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90815. For more information call 562/597-4401

The airspace meetings are in lieu of our October general membership meeting. The next LONG BEACH AIRPORT ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING & USER FORUM Will be held January 25, 2012 — Our guest speaker will be John W. Steuernagle, FAA Safety Team Program Manager (FPM)

NOTICE ALLEGIANT OUT

We need to hear from you! Las Vegas-based has indicated it will discontinue scheduled service at Long Beach airport PLEASE SUBMIT items on November 28. The company began serving LGB on July 1, 2010, with flights to and from Stockton, such as “Long Beach CA, as well as Bellingham, WA. While Stockton was dropped, Colorado Springs, Idaho Falls and News”, past-present-future finally Las Vegas service was added, during 2010. No detailed reasons were given regarding the events, pilot profiles, new discontinuance of flights, though most of the service was in the Las Vegas market, where Allegiant ratings, or original articles! faced strong competition from Jet Blue's five daily flights to and from the Nevada city. Dead-line for next issue: January 7, 2012. This was not Allegiant's first try at the altar of scheduled service at LGB, however. Late in the last century (just wanted to say it that way), the carrier served Las Vegas, Fresno, and Reno/Tahoe (1999- 2000). NEW/RENEWED MEMBERS Allegiant is the second carrier to discontinue LGB flights this year; Denver-based Frontier left in April WELCOME! after about a year of service. Passenger demand among the carriers continuing at LGB appears strong, however, and Allegiant's three current slots are expected to be re-allocated almost immediately (see accompanying story). HAL REED THIS JUST IN .....

FUEL CONTROLS Responses from airlines interested in obtaining the three flight slots to be vacated by Allegiant Air on November 28 were requested to be submitted to LGB airport officials by 4:30 P.M. on Friday, October COL. GEORGE CAIN 14. Incumbent carriers Delta, U,S. Airways and Jet Blue all asked for flights. Since no others requested slots, each of those carriers were advised they would receive one slot apiece, effective as early as CHUCK SCOTT November 29. No word from these carriers yet on their plans, although Delta Airlines announced last month that they will be upgrading a previously-held slot to a Delta-mainline A-319 from a CRJ-900 DICK DOUBLE operated by regional affiliate Sky West on November 06, providing more seats in the Salt Lake City market.

WHAT'S THAT TOWER, NEXT TO THE TOWER? ROLAND SCOTT Construction of a scaffolding-like structure next to LGB's air traffic control tower, has been completed, The printing of this to accommodate a surface movement radar (SMR) installation, according to an FAA press release. Part of the FAA's low cost ground surveillance (LCGS) program (nice to hear anything "low cost" from the newsletter depends on your government), such installations have been made or are planned at five nationwide, mostly in the dues donations. west. With a goal of increased safety, an objective of such systems is to reduce the risk of Please send in your incursions by tracking movements of aircraft and vehicles on the ground. renewals and suggest that As you may recall, LGB has been under scrutiny from the FAA in the past regarding runway incursions. your fellow pilots join our The airport and local operators have been proactive with the past in efforts to reduce such incursions.

efforts at preserving The LGB system, provided by Sensis, will be evaluated for about one year, with a technical performance General Aviation at Long report due on September 30, 2012. Different manufacturers were awarded for the other airports, with Beach Airport! the intent that one (or more) of these systems will be selected by the FAA for deployment at up to thirty

Your Long Beach Airport airports, after completion of the evaluation(s). The Feds have already determined that the SMR concept Association dues donations is the most cost-effective LCGS solution. are tax deductible! LONG BEACH AIRPORT AVIATION NEWS ASSOCIATION TSA BADGING WOES by Candy Robinson

PRESIDENT CANDY ROBINSON VICE PRES ROGER KIDD TSA Security Directive 1542-04-08G (SD08G) was implemented at LGB SECRETARY KEVIN MCACHREN January 8, 2010. SD08G requires on-airport employees, maintenance personnel TREASURER JOHN MURRILL and aircraft owners to undergo a security threat assessment (STA) and receive an AOA (airport operations area) security badge to have unescorted access at BOARD OF DIRECTORS approximately 400 mixed-use (GA and air carrier) airports. Renter pilots, ERIC HILL 562-997-0700 transient pilots, and flight school students are exempt from the badging process. [email protected] PAUL LAGREEK 714-840-1276 [email protected] Each airport submitted their own plan; badges are valid at the issuing airport ROGER KIDD 562-234-0098 only. Persons with airfield access at the Long Beach Airport need to be prepared [email protected] to identify themselves with an Airport issued identification badge. The badge KEVIN MCACHREN 562-429-8062 does not need to be worn externally. At the present time Long Beach Police JOHN MURRILL 562-981-2900 Department, Airport Security Officers and TSA representatives patrol the airport. [email protected] These officers may or may not be in uniform and may or may not be in officially GLENN RAY 562-427-3338 [email protected] marked vehicles. Exempted persons simply need to state that they are renter or CANDY ROBINSON 562-290-0321 transient pilots if questioned. [email protected] DON THOMPSON 562-500-0173 Independent CFIs are not employees so they do not fall under the requirements of [email protected] SD08G. Technically a CFI is a renter pilot (unless he or she happens to own the PEGGY ZAUN 562-490-6206 aircraft). [email protected]

DIRECTOR EMERITUS SD08G includes a provision for employers to co-sign a badge application

BARBARA LONDON 562-519-2834 (“signatory”). According to LGB TSA, a signatory undergoes training, a [email protected] background check and becomes responsible for the badges. LBFC is not a signatory; nor is AirFlite, Millionair North and other airport businesses. The cost to administer the badges would be onerous. Those who request a badge from the Get a higher education, learn to fly! TSA at LGB shouldn’t require a signatory, as in the case of an independent A&P LONG LONG mechanic or CFI working at multiple locations on the airport.

BEACH BEACH The badges, originally issued beginning early 2010 are now expiring. The FLYING FLIGHT date on the badge represents “not the next birthday, but the birthday after that” of CLUB ACADEMY the date the badge was originally acquired. There is no label on the date on the 25L badge. I asked one pilot that I know has a badge to verify the expiration date. He FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AIRCRAFT RENTAL guessed that the date was the original badging date. Hard to gauge the passing of PART 141 APPROVED time with our busy lives. He then immediately called airport security, the number AIRCRAFT CHARTER PILOT SUPPLIES AND SNACKS printed on the back of the badge. The airport security individual answering the AVIONICS SALES AND SERVICE LBCR998F call had never heard of an AOA badge. Beware because the TSA will not notify GIFT CERTIFICATES badge-holders of expired badges. One LBFC CFI who flies over 100 hours per SCENIC AND DEMO FLIGHTS month (so they should have recognized him) proudly pulled out his badge only to FAA KNOWLEDGE TESTS be told it had expired. APPROVED BY DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

(562) 290-0321 * FAX (562) 290-0421 Individuals wishing to obtain a should contact LGB at: 562-570-2618 Call ahead to verify the hours of operation. PCFSX $11.50 PCATD & AST300X $35.00 Cessna 152 (7) $78.23 HELP SUPPORT LBAA Warrior (5) $103.99 Archer $112.37 LBAA logo t-shirts and caps are available at the general Cessna 172 (4) $103.99 membership meetings: Cessna 172SP $127.99 Cessna 172RG $134.75 Shirts, medium large and extra large . . . . . $20.00 Piper Arrow $134.75 Cherokee Six $175.00 Shirts, XXL . . . . $22.00 Seminole $233.41 LBAA caps . . . . . $9.00 cash discount price, prices subject to change without notice

The purpose of the Long Beach Airport Association is to promote and preserve Visit us at: www.Lbflying.com General Aviation at the Long Beach Airport. The Association will also strive to Email: [email protected] support all efforts towards the proper integration of all types of aviation that will best serve the citizens of Long Beach. A V I A T I O N N E W S

FAA SETS MEETINGS ON SECOND TRY AT LONG BEACH AIRSPACE PLAN Excerpts from www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2011

The FAA has scheduled two airspace meetings as it pursues an effort to establish Class C airspace for the now-Class D airspace at LGB. AOPA views the airspace change as a quick fix that should be incorporated into a full review of the airspace needs of all of Southern , and encourages members to attend the meetings and submit comments to the FAA.

The FAA held a first round of meetings in June 2010, resulting in a design that narrowed options for pilots navigating to stay clear of the area, thus reducing safety. “The new design does mitigate some of the impacts of the previous design. However, the FAA still has not committed to a sweeping, full-scale review of the entire area as requested by AOPA, local pilots, and other membership organizations,” said Tom Kramer, AOPA manager of air traffic services.

AOPA is reviewing the design and seeks input from local members as the association drafts its response to the proposal. Members are encouraged to submit comments in triplicate by Dec. 12 to John Warner, Operations Support Group, AJV–W2, Western Service Area, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057. Please also share your comments with AOPA at [email protected].

* * * To see a presentation on the impact of this new version of the proposed Class C Airspace in the perspective of the Long Beach Flying Club, particularly with respect to VFR flight not requiring contact with SoCal ATC, go to www.scauwg.org/ scauwg/ClassC2website_LBFlyingClub.pdf.

To see the Public Meeting Announcement of the informal meetings with regard to the proposed rule by the FAA as published in the Federal Register August 23, 2011, go to www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/08/23/2011-21424/proposed- establishment-of-class-c-airspace-for-long-beach-ca-public-meetings

AVIATION FUEL DEBATE From the Long Beach Business Journal Oct. 11, 2011

The Long Beach Airport Advisory Commission recently formed a technical committee to look into federal efforts being taken to address concerns over lead pollution emitted from general aviation aircraft. The Long Beach City Council requested the commission look into the issue after being brought forward by Councilmember James Johnson, who cited recent reports of Long Beach having high levels of lead pollution from aviation traffic.

A 2008 Environmental Protection JUDGE'S RULING ON AVGAS EXPECTED SOON Agency (EPA) study puts From www.avweb.com/newspics/100ll.jpg Daugherty Field as the second highest lead emitter in California, A federal judge in California has asked for more information before deciding below , and the whether to dismiss a case affecting the sale of avgas in California, the National Air sixth highest in the United States. Transportation Association reported (www.nata.aero/eNewsletters.aspx? newsid=1064#Title3) this week. In a hearing last week in Fresno, Judge Anthony General aviation aircraft, by and Ishii requested additional briefings to be filed by Wednesday before ruling on a large, use older model piston- motion to dismiss the case. His decision is expected within a week. The case was driven engines and are prime brought by a coalition of California FBOs and avgas distributors, who have asked emitters of lead because they use the court to derail a suit brought by the Center for Environmental Health over the avgas, or octane low-lead fuel sale of leaded avgas. (100LL). Commercial airlines, large corporate jets and The CEH said in May it intended to file suit in California state court in an effort to turboprop-powered aircraft use stop the sale of avgas in the state. The CEH later said if the sale of avgas didn't stop, jet fuel and do not use leaded the FBOs and distributors should provide warnings to nearby residents and anyone fuel. passing near the airport that the lead emitted by piston-engine aircraft "causes cancer and reproductive toxicity," NATA said. The CEH also called for payment of While commission members civil penalties as high as $1.3 billion per company. A coalition of the companies agreed to report back to the city named by the CEH have asked the federal court to stop the CEH from continuing its council’s environmental suit because it would contradict federal laws, but CEH has asked the court to committee with findings, some dismiss their case. If the court denies the motion to dismiss, a hearing will be held commissioners expressed in Fresno on Oct. 26 to argue the merits of the avgas coalition's case, NATA said. concerns over the city’s inquiry, AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with Eric Byer and Andy Steinberg, from NATA, about since the controversial issue is the avgas suit back in July; for that podcast, go to www.avweb.com/alm?podcast20 already being taken up at the 708&kw=RelatedStory. federal level.

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