Due to noise restrictions, aircraft departing John Wayne have a very steep climb as soon as they take off.
Then they cut power and more-or-less ballistically glide to the coast before powering back up.
That scares the crap out of the people who can’t be bothered to listen to the pilot’s pre-flight announcement of the program...
Years ago I used to fly in and out of John Wayne—it was terrifying to me—and the pilots calm explanation did nothing but get me even more panicked.
because the useless idle rich in newport whined about the planes taking off and disturbing them, one reason MCAS El Toro was to be turned into an airport till irvine got their mits into it.