Every time there is a noise survey the aircraft appear to stick to the proper flight paths. Do the pilots of the aircraft know where the survey monitors are?
A15. Although some of the personnel at the station will be aware of the presence of the survey team, neither they nor the pilots will know the positions chosen by the survey teams for the placement of the noise monitors. It would be extremely difficult for a pilot to spot one of the noise monitors whilst flying, and it is extremely unlikely that any would seek to alter their normal flight profile because of one. Q16. The survey teams have just been at the airfield near my home, but the aircraft were not flying in their usual numbers. A16. The noise contours are based on averages of sample noise data determined from a sufficient number of aircraft manoeuvres and the Average Daily Movements (ADM) for the previous 12 month period. As such, the contour is independent of the actual number of aircraft flying during the survey.
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