“Our planes are the least noisy,” insists Daniel Cerutti, director of operations at Esma

L’école de formation de pilotes Esma-Aviation airways est basée sur le site de l’aéroport de Montpellier. Midi Libre – GIACOMO ITALIANO

The historic pilot training school, located on the Montpellier airport platform, is singled out. His manager reacts to the accusations.

Director of operations of the higher school of aviation professions (Esma-Airways aviation), Daniel Cerutti recalls that he &quot Today exists the DGAC Calipso classification, which defines and classifies the level of noise pollution of an aircraft". "Our single-engine aircraft are classified A and our twin-engine aircraft B, which places our fleet among the least noisy on the light aviation market. And we acquired this fleet between 2008 and 2011. He specifies that "our school has three times fewer thefts than in 2012".

They numbered 24,000 hours in 2012, there are 12,000 hours in 2022 and 2023. "Only,, he adds, demography and galloping constructions, validated by the neighboring town halls and the airport do nothing to solve the problem. Daniel Cerutti says "understand& nbsp;the growing housing needs and therefore the pressure our mayors are under to act accordingly", but questions : "when we is located next to an airport, you should expect noise, no ?".

"We respect the charter"

While agreeing that "the subject is sensitive, but above all very political", the director of operations of the school, notes that "in large cities, airports are outside the cities, very far". "To the detriment, he adds, of the peasants who lived there… And at the risk of stopping the construction site as for Nantes.

For him, "lschools and flying clubs are the tree that hides the forest". "There is unfortunately no miracle solution. We all have to make compromises,” he insists. He takes care, however, to remind that "we respect the written charter and pay attention to continually remind our instructors and students of the procedures to all live on good terms". "This charter is by far the most concrete of the actions carried out".

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