The Gull's Call - Jan/Feb/Mar 2026

by John Hamilton, CLASS President

C LASS WELCOMES TWO NEW VOLUNTEERS We also want to thank CHBI resident,and City Council member, Greg Boller, for standing in on the OAK noise forum. In addition, we would like to thank Jim Nelson, an established noise expert. Jim is the citizen representative from Berkeley whom has volunteered on the OAK noise forum for some time now and has graciously volunteered his time to help CLASS learn what can be done to better sound insulate a home. Double pane windows are often sold with two selling points – thermal isolation and street noise reduction. CLASS is looking for data to support a design which would be optimized for reduction of noise transmission into the house from jet aircraft noise. Likely this will be thicker glass for one pane and a laminated glass for the second. As we learn more we’ll be sharing our findings on our CLASSalameda.com website. Behrad Aria and Kirsten Rommel making the CHBI volunteer list now a total of five members.

On November 29th the San Francisco Chronicle published an article about Southwest at OAK. They stated that from January to August of 2025 there were 18 percent fewer Southwest passengers compared to the same time period in the previous year. CLASS is sending letters to SWA requesting a cutback in the 5 AM to 6 AM Monday flights due to a conflict in which the main South field runway is technically closed for maintenance until 6 AM on Mondays. When maintenance work continues from 5 AM to 6 AM on Mondays, SWA jets will depart from the North field and fly over Bay Farm homes. This is both a noise and safety concern. Should SWA continue to schedule these flights, CLASS will consider asking residents to sign a petition to SWA directly. Please don’t forget to post your noise complaints. Out of the 15,000 residents on BFI only about 40 people have been posting noise complaints. With such a small number, the FAA would say there is no noise problem and we as residents near an airport will have no say.

REGISTER YOUR AIRPLANE NOISE COMPLAINT flyquietoak.com/community/file - noise - complaint CALL 510.563.6463 SCAN THE QR CODE BELOW

The more people that call and complain, the more responsive the airport will be. Let ’ s work together to reduce airport noise. This is your opportunity to improve your quality of life in Harbor Bay.

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