AOPA take note

[Racerx]

PBS did a bit on how some states are passing "right to race" laws. Protecting local short tracks from frivelous lawsuits brought by new housing developments. I think there's some parallels to what airports are going through.

 

[Hengelo]

Interesting, although I'm not sure that's a good bandwagon for aviation to hop on.

 

[M20K]

On the airport side, not the racing side... It looks like the FAA is actually watching closely. There is an AOPA article that starts off:

The FAA has found the sponsor of Pearland Regional Airport—a privately owned, public-use airport near Houston—in violation of four federal grant assurances after it sold airport property to a developer that is building hundreds of homes immediately adjacent to the airport.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media...bligations?utm_source=ebrief&utm_medium=email

 

[Initial Fix]

On the airport side, not the racing side... It looks like the FAA is actually watching closely. There is an AOPA article that starts off:

The FAA has found the sponsor of Pearland Regional Airport—a privately owned, public-use airport near Houston—in violation of four federal grant assurances after it sold airport property to a developer that is building hundreds of homes immediately adjacent to the airport.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media...bligations?utm_source=ebrief&utm_medium=email

Is the fine and subsequent ramifications enough to impact the airport or developer?

 

[M20K]

Is the fine and subsequent ramifications enough to impact the airport or developer?

They are not going after the developers. They are going after the airport for selling the land in the first place.


EDIT: I had said "airport/municipality" out of habit. But the airport referenced is Private, but the FAA is still going after the Airport, not the developers.

 

[Clip4]

2 very different situations and this type of law does nothing for airports. Race tracks are not owned by local govt. and the issue for airports isn’t people suing them out of existence. Even with a right to operate an airport law, the local government can still close the airport and sell the valuable land to developers.

 

[iamtheari]

I was afraid at first that this was going to be about laws that would protect the right to drag-race on the local runway. State legislators around the country are good at introducing what I might term "We're with Stupid" bills.

 

[Jim_R]

They are not going after the developers. They are going after the airport/municipality for selling the land in the first place.

Note: There is no municipality involved. From the article blurb you posted: "...Pearland Regional Airport—a privately owned, public-use airport...".

 

[bonefishpete]

Well to be fair race car crashes are contained to the track mostly, aircraft not so much. Noise is contained also.

 

[M20K]

Note: There is no municipality involved. From the article blurb you posted: "...Pearland Regional Airport—a privately owned, public-use airport...".

How quickly we forget! <sigh> But the bottom line is correct, they are going after the airport for selling the property, not the people that purchased it.