January 2026 Important Action Item re. drones!

Your immediate action is requested to comment on the FAA’s proposed nationwide framework to approve drone package delivery operations through a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA). Our friends at Aviation-Impacted Community Alliances (AICA) have alerted us to the fact that this proposal sets us up for a repeat of the NextGen process. NextGen is responsible for the significant noise increases in our community and which MCQSC has spent years trying to reduce. If finalized, this framework would allow drone delivery hubs, flight routes and corridors, and operational expansions to proceed across communities without a requirement for separate, location-specific environmental review or public notice. Commenting is easy and may only take a few minutes. Comments are due by January 23^rd.