Mark McQueen's Reply to Brian Iler
Mr. Iler
As you know, my comments were posted in the comment section of a specific earlier post on your blog. I was attempting to provide a perspective on many of the points raised by Ms. Hughes. Your publication of my comments as a separate post removes the context for my comments, as you've not linked them back to the original posting.
As for the tit/tat stuff, I believe you have unfairly portrayed in many instances. Having only joined the Board last Fall, what you were up to in 2003 under a Liberal government is something that I cannot be held accountable for. My Chair role is but a few weeks old; your impatience is understandable but misdirected.
But, to deal with your misrepresentations specifically.... To suggest (#1) that I have "not replied" to the issue of noise violation penalties is just plain silly: my comment of the other day outlines what is being done with Transport Canada by TPA in response to the complaints. I have written to City Hall advising along these lines, as well.
On #2, many of the "Flightaware" landing timings are pure guesswork on the part of the website based on estimated departure times. TPA goes by the tower logs, and not by online flight time estimates that cannot account for wind, weather, routes, etc. As I said at the outset, I was concerned about one particular situation and we have started a process to address the "larger issue" of fines. I cannot speak to why there is no process for assessing curfew fines, but we are fixing it with Transport Canada.
On a constructive note: Just today, in fact, Porter announced a new Newark schedule that should help dramatically reduce any chance of issues involving the evening curfew. We are listening!
On #3, see above.
On #4, I am unaware that Health Ontario seeks to terminate their lease at TCCA.
On #5, please see above.
As for my "ignoring" your requests and demands, it seems an odd thing for you to say as we've been in regular email correspondence since I was elected Chair and here I am on your website dealing with the issues as they arise.
Perhaps it was too much for me to think that engagement was an appropriate route for us to find constructive solutions to the issues that have been raised. Near as I can tell, I am being blamed for things that happened before my time, accused of "knowing" things that I do not know, of "ignoring" topics that I'm actually addressing on this website, of being "dismissive" when I'm trying to address the issues you are concerned about and so forth.
It may well be that a dialogue is not what your organization is actually seeking. If all you really want is a human piñata, I respectfully suggest you look elsewhere.
Please let me know. Civility canot too much to ask.
Mark McQueen
As you know, my comments were posted in the comment section of a specific earlier post on your blog. I was attempting to provide a perspective on many of the points raised by Ms. Hughes. Your publication of my comments as a separate post removes the context for my comments, as you've not linked them back to the original posting.
As for the tit/tat stuff, I believe you have unfairly portrayed in many instances. Having only joined the Board last Fall, what you were up to in 2003 under a Liberal government is something that I cannot be held accountable for. My Chair role is but a few weeks old; your impatience is understandable but misdirected.
But, to deal with your misrepresentations specifically.... To suggest (#1) that I have "not replied" to the issue of noise violation penalties is just plain silly: my comment of the other day outlines what is being done with Transport Canada by TPA in response to the complaints. I have written to City Hall advising along these lines, as well.
On #2, many of the "Flightaware" landing timings are pure guesswork on the part of the website based on estimated departure times. TPA goes by the tower logs, and not by online flight time estimates that cannot account for wind, weather, routes, etc. As I said at the outset, I was concerned about one particular situation and we have started a process to address the "larger issue" of fines. I cannot speak to why there is no process for assessing curfew fines, but we are fixing it with Transport Canada.
On a constructive note: Just today, in fact, Porter announced a new Newark schedule that should help dramatically reduce any chance of issues involving the evening curfew. We are listening!
On #3, see above.
On #4, I am unaware that Health Ontario seeks to terminate their lease at TCCA.
On #5, please see above.
As for my "ignoring" your requests and demands, it seems an odd thing for you to say as we've been in regular email correspondence since I was elected Chair and here I am on your website dealing with the issues as they arise.
Perhaps it was too much for me to think that engagement was an appropriate route for us to find constructive solutions to the issues that have been raised. Near as I can tell, I am being blamed for things that happened before my time, accused of "knowing" things that I do not know, of "ignoring" topics that I'm actually addressing on this website, of being "dismissive" when I'm trying to address the issues you are concerned about and so forth.
It may well be that a dialogue is not what your organization is actually seeking. If all you really want is a human piñata, I respectfully suggest you look elsewhere.
Please let me know. Civility canot too much to ask.
Mark McQueen
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