Pierre Redmond

I am President and CEO of Quality Candy Company, LLC. We are a 27 year old confectionery and food ingredient manufacturing and distribution company with headquarters at the Henderson Executive Airport. We employ over 300 people in six states and Mexico. I keep a Cirrus SR22 in a hangar we own at KHND and use it regularly for business and personal transportation. We additionally own and operate two other single engine piston aircraft which are seasonally based at KHND. My concerns with the proposed changes to the Las Vegas Class B airspace are: 1. The overall complexity of the resultant airspace makes VFR navigation by GA pilots excessively difficult. For example, a VFR pilot departing KHND to the northeast, then northbound, would encounter (in order) floors of 5,000, 6,000, 4,500, 7,000, unrestricted, and 7,000. This is just one example. 2. I regulary depart/arrive KHND to the Southwest. The proposed reduction of the section F floor from 8,000 to 7,000 is simply unacceptable. To clear the sharply rising terrain now, I fly as close as possible to the 5,000' floor, and start an aggressive climb the moment I am clear of that restriction and then continue climbing typically to 10,500, just avoiding the 8,000' floor. The onboard terrain warning often alerts during this departure. Returning is similar, as I preset 7,400 to clear the mountains between Sky Ranch and Goodsprings. A 7,000' floor will eliminate my primary corridor. 3. I have similar concerns about the new sections P, R, and S. Non-pressurized, normally aspirated, non-air conditioned aircraft like mine cannot climb or descend at the rates that the jets can. The heat and turbulence of prolonged low cruising to depart the area make summer operations impractical for about 22 out of 24 hours a day. 4. Why not alter some of the published procedures to contain them within the Bravo, rather than expanding the Bravo? The pressurized jets can climb and descend rapidly without causing discomfort.