The US isn't the only country to suffer from unreasonable noise restrictions.First, a little background if you're not familar with Belgium:The country is split right down the middle between Dutch and French speaking people. Brussels is right in the middle of this split and has some combination of the two, but more French than Dutch. They hate each other.Recently, the French banned all night flights over the southern half of Brussels and Belgium (basically, dumping the noise on the "Dutch").Now, the Dutch are threatening to close down all night flights over their territory, since they're a little upset (why should they have the noise?) This would effectively kill the freight hauler DHL.Incidentally, there are more people living in northern (Dutch) Belgium than in southern (French) Belgium. :)For more information, here's a link.Robert May
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