Editor's note:  Bradley Miller, a new resident of Toronto Waterfront, has lodged a number of complaints about noise and late flights at the Island Airport.  Mr. Ken Lundy, P. Eng. Director of the Toronto City Centre Airport, wrote Mr. Miller a letter justifying the operations of the airport in which he reviewed airport policy, the provisions of the Tripartite Agreement and practices around noise complaints.  Miller sent CommunityAIR a copy of this correspondence.  This is his reply to Lundy. 

Dear Mr Lundy,

Thank you for your response although your empathy would have been more
welcome than the detailed overview provided in your email below. (Not sure
why you would assume I hadn't done my homework.)

All I can tell you is what I personally witness. Written agreements are all
well and good but we all know that their mere existence is no guarantee of
their enforcement. I find it disappointing that your response should infer
that I'm imagining what I'm hearing given that your email bears no actual
acknowledgment of even the "possibility" of the excessive noise occurrences
I've personally reported. From all accounts, Porter Airlines and the Toronto
Island Airport apparently hold a conveniently broad interpretation of the
parameters of the Tripartite agreement.

Regrettably, it's clear that this correspondence is getting us nowhere, and
I need to put my energies to more effective use (I certainly wouldn't be the
first whose complaints in this regard have fallen victim to the complacency
of local authorities). However, when I do have the opportunity, I will start
compiling on videotape the disturbances I experience from your airport, and
will take the appropriate measures at that time.

Sincerely,

Bradley Miller