Local residents are trying to keep the Jets grounded over a proposed helicopter landing pad at their team facility in Florham Park, N.J.
According to NJ.com, local residents have started a petition drive objecting to the Jets’ application with the Bureau of Aeronautics for a restricted-use concrete helistop “for transport of executives of the training center and injured athletes.” The Jets training facility is a two-minute drive to Morristown Airport, which has raised questions about why the team even needs a landing pad on site.
The nearby borough of Madison has objected to the helipad in a separate filing with the state.
The team tried in 2013 to build a helipad but ran into similar safety and noise concerns.