Editor,

The following email was sent to the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Cmdr. Michael Nortier:

Dear Capt. Nortier,

As you may know, people living in neighborhoods with Growler jets flying as low as 250 feet above their homes must adjust their day-to-day lives according to the published Coupeville OLF flight schedules, which are often canceled.

Naval personnel are notified and are then free to plan the rest of their day. The civilian population is not.

It would seem to be a very simple procedure to post cancellations online as they occur. Once a system is in place, routine notification would require no more than a few minutes.

This would free up the schedules of hundreds of people who live under the flight paths from the restrictions of the cyclical roar, improving the quality of their lives considerably.

Several requests have been made, but still no published notice.

The Navy should be a good neighbor, taking every opportunity to ease the burden of civilians who have become collateral damage in a mission that does not include their protection.

Would you respond to let me know if this small change can be made? In general, we should know what you know, when you know it.

We all need to get on with our day.

This request does not require a lengthy EIS process to make an accommodation. Please provide this community with a temporary measure of relief while the EIS process and court cases proceed.

This small adjustment could be critical — literally. Thank you.

Michael Monson, president

Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve

Coupeville