“FAA Community Engagement or Community DIS-Engagement?” Airport Noise Report (ANR) Article – July-June 2021

Date: July-June 2021

Description: Community activists outline problems with the FAA’s Community Engagement process and document instances where they believe the FAA has not acted in good faith.

1. Full Paper: “FAA Community Engagement – or Community DIS-Engagement?“

Released on June 30, 2021 as an attachment in the emailed issue to ANR subscribers.

2. Published Article: “FAA Community Engagement – or Community DIS-Engagement?”

July 2, 2021 – Article features excerpts from an AICA paper outlining problems with FAA’s Community Engagement Process.

Key Related Resources

• Ladder of Citizen Participation Model by Sherry Arnstein, OrganizingEngagement.org

• FAA’s Report to Congress on Community Involvement in FAA NextGen Projects Located in Metroplexes, Section 176 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (July 1, 2020)

Images used the header image were retrieved from:

• Morison, John. (2007). “Models of Democracy: From Representation to Participation?”. 
• http://lithgow-schmidt.dk/sherry-arnstein/ladder-of-citizen-participation.html
• Elbakidze, Marine & Dawson, Lucas & Andersson, Kjell & Axelsson, Robert & Angelstam, Per & Stjernquist, Ingrid & Teitelbaum, Sara & Schlyter, Peter & Thellbro, Camilla. (2015). Is spatial planning a collaborative learning process? A case study from a rural–urban gradient in Sweden. Land Use Policy. 48. 270-285. 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.001.