I'm in Berkshire, not ED, so at the other end of the flight paths. We get the noise, especially landings when the wind is easterly and they change the approach, starting about 4:40am. We close windows, and I sometimes use ear plugs, it doesn't prevent me waking up - they often go right over our house - it's loud and making me ill. We've been here for years and it didn't used to be this bad but I can't get BAA to admit anything has changed. We are affected by more flights and I'm sure they are flying lower. The EU limits are useless and their averaging is absurd it must have been designed for the airlines, not for people. We should be curtailing expansion AND reducing noise, for everyone. I wonder how many of the decision makers suffer from this, I think I know.
