Letter: FAA ignores violations of minimum altitudes

U.S. Rep. Ed Case is right on point when he said that “commercial helicopter and small aircraft operations are virtually unregulated” (“Facts show some aviation is virtually unregulated,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, July 9).

Sightseeing helicopters fly over my Waipio Gentry home in Central Oahu at altitudes as low as 600 feet above ground level numerous times every day — below the 1,500-foot minimum altitude requirement set by the Federal Aviation Administration.

I have repeatedly reported violations to the Honolulu office of the FAA. All my reports have been ignored. The commercial general aviation industry flagrantly ignores our regulations because they know that the FAA will do nothing to punish them.

The state attorney general needs to file a lawsuit against the FAA, forcing it to enforce our aviation regulations.

Joy Schoonover

Waipahu

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