In addition to our campaign cry of 'Too early etc' we must add 'Too Dirty - Too Polluting'

We urge you to send a quick response to the Department for Transport's Green Paper consultation on the future of aviation 2050 and https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/aviation-2050-the-future-of-uk-aviation 

Deadline Thursday 20 June 2019, 11.55pm.

Plane Hell Action supports the Aviation Communities Forum recommendations and proposes that (UK-based) petition signatories, in your own words if you can spare the time to avoid the appearance of (another) petition, do the same:

1 - Noise regulation: the current regulatory vacuum should be replaced with robust, statutory, regulation of aircraft noise by an empowered regulator that is independent and expert.   These aims could potentially be achieved if the noise caps and plans proposed in paragraph 3.115 of Aviation 2050 were respectively determined or approved by a regulator who had appropriate statutory duties and enforcement powers.  

2 - Industry externalities: the government should confirm that aviation will be required to pay all external costs its activities impose on society at large, including loss of property value and other compensation, in all circumstances so that the price of air travel reflects its full environmental and social impacts.  

3 - Consumer awareness: consistent with government policy on transparency, prospective passengers should be provided, prior to booking, with health warnings on the industry's environmental, health and other impacts and asked to confirm whether they still wish to travel.  

4 - Capacity growth: The government should commit that there will be no further enhancement of capacity at UK airports until the measures described above have been fully implemented and their effect on demand comprehensively assessed.  The National Infrastructure Commission's proposed work on a "needs case for further runways" (paragraph 3.13) should similarly not proceed until these measures have been fully implemented and their effect on demand comprehensively assessed.  

Respond by  Thursday 20 June 2019, 11.55pm

Email: AviationStrategy@dft.gov.uk
OR by Post: Aviation Strategy, Department for Transport, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR