Helicopter operators say they're doing all they can be reasonably expected to do to about what is a most a nuisance. To do more, they claim, would infringe on their rights to earn money and on what they say are the rights of tourists to see Hawai'i's scenery by air.
People living along the helicopter routes have another story.
The flights are far more than a nuisance. The cause health problems, loss of income, and loss of privacy. As the contrary testimony of the people on the ground shows, it's not that simple. And no one has yet heard from the birds.