Mailbag:

Editor’s Note: This corrects an earlier version.

In response to a letter from David Bunnell (“Could public become fair share holders”, April 8):

Mr. Bunnell,

Thanks for the e-mail and the letter to the editor the Daily Pilot.

Believe it or not, but this is known as the “Green Bay Packers” solution.

I explored this idea a few months ago.

This Wisconsin football franchise is owned by the Green Bay area residents. That’s why you are put on a waiting list, which could take decades, to obtain season tickets.

Why did they use this structure? To insure that the franchise stayed in Green Bay. As you recall, we used to have a franchise known as the Rams here in Orange County, but it moved to St. Louis.

Using a purchase price of $25 million for the fairgrounds, we would only need 25,000 Orange County residents to invest $1,000 for a share.

They would receive free tickets to the annual fair, a newsletter and discounts to all of the other events throughout the year.

It’s a great idea. It’s just difficult administratively. And, with the new tight timelines, all the more difficult. To make matters worse, the state is expecting multiples of the $25 million, so we would really have to work hard to obtain enough subscribers.

Let’s see what happens Monday.

John Moorlach

Costa Mesa

Editor’s note: Moorlach is a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. He represents the 2nd District, which includes Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.

The fair ought to move to O.C. Great Park

The most sensible thing would be to move the Orange County Fairgrounds to the Orange County Great Park. Of course that was the sensible place for John Wayne Airport as well, so I am not holding my breath.

Pat Ormsbee

Newport Beach

Flight path change hasn’t done anything

Contrary to your article, there is no change to the aircraft flight pattern that prevailed before Thursday (“New JWA flight path may lessen noise,” April 7; “Editorial: FAA moves to right its flight mistake,” April 11). It is the same or worse.

We live right on the bluff where a large number of the planes come over instead of going down the center of the bay. If the Federal Aviation Administration intended to correct this offensive noise pattern, they failed.

It seems that the pilots are not following the directive, or the directive is not clear, or the intended correction was not sufficiently analyzed to eliminate the intrusive effect they created. Could you take a sampling of homeowners and then write a follow-up?

The noise from these commercial aircraft flying directly overhead is deafening and there is just no justification for it.

Linda and Steve Wawra

Newport Beach

JWA planes aren’t following new path

In Sunday’s Daily Pilot, when you complimented the FAA’s response to their charting mistake which sent planes east of Back Bay instead of down the center, you spoke too soon (“Editorial: FAA moves to right its flight mistake,” April 11).

As of Thursday, departing planes from JWA were suppose to fly down the center of the bay, but as of Sunday night, that has not happened. They are still flying to the east.

Nancy Alston

Newport Beach