“Who knows, it could become number one for Christmas!”
Could this be a number one chart topper for Christmas, as communities around Gatwick Airport pray for a peaceful night’s sleep at Christmas time?
View on Youtube here – https://youtu.be/k5nuAtU7TDg
The Vicar of Rusper gets behind the Christmas song ‘All I want for Christmas is a good night’s sleep’, produced by the aviation community and environment group CAGNE, to highlight the blight that night flights inflict on the residents of Sussex, Surrey, and Kent as they try to sleep.
Gatwick Airport firmly blames the Government Department for Transport and the airlines for night flights, so our requests for a night flight ban have to date gone unanswered. We thought Christmas was the perfect time to highlight the issue with our fun, but meaningful Christmas song.
“This song is about the blight Gatwick Airport inflicts on residents at night, when noise is known to have health impacts,” said CAGNE.
Although CAGNE has serious debates with Government, local Members of Parliament, and Gatwick Airport management concerning the 11,200 summer night flights and 3,250 winter night flights (this does not include the shoulder periods early in the morning or late at night), we felt this was a perfect time to sing to those in a position of authority to do something about night flights.
“For some, night flights may be a way to see family and friends this Christmas, but there is a serious message that CAGNE wants heard. Night flights are anti-social and cause health problems for those on the ground who have their sleep disturbed, so all we want for them is a good night’s sleep with a ban on night flights!”
We owe you an apology
CAGNE had technical problems and were unable to host the online annual get-together. We apologise for this and hope you will join us in February for our AGM – date and time to be confirmed.
If you have any points you would like to raise with us, please email cagnegatwick@gmail.com
We apologise again and wish you a peaceful Christmas.