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In the past month, I’ve been awakened by helicopters many times between 6-8AM, and hear them buzzing all the time. Wrote CB6 and found out that:
Helicopters flying below 1500-feet are not in regulated FAA airspace. They fly by what are called “visual flight rules” which relies on the judgement of the individual pilot. The helicopters are subject to FAA regulation in terms of inspections of equipment, etc. but there are no rules that establish formal flight paths or govern local impacts. When I called 311, I was referred to the EDC (?????) and was told the heavy traffic was probably private beach going helicopters. I think lack of regulation is even worse than the noise, and would like to gather people who are interested in having helicopters regulated when flying over residential areas.