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Re: Teterboro Airport
« Reply #152 on: August 26, 2008, 02:20:03 PM »

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« Reply #153 on: August 27, 2008, 10:48:14 AM »
Business Jet Crashes Show Rise of Rule-Breaking Charter Brokers
27.08.2008   Seth Lubove

The Bombardier Challenger CL-600 chartered jet carrying employees of New York-based private equity firm Kelso & Co. was barreling down the runway of New Jersey´s Teterboro Airport at almost 127 miles per hour en route to Chicago when the plane failed to lift off.

The pilots hit the brakes and thrust reversers, sending the two-engine jet skidding across U.S. Route 46. It wound up almost halfway inside a clothing warehouse after ramming through the building´s brick wall.

More than three years after the February 2005 crash, which injured all 11 people aboard and three on the ground, controversy is still raging over the charter jet industry and its methods for ferrying well-heeled passengers. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are zeroing in on brokers and other intermediaries in the $ 8 billion-a-year U.S. charter business.

These unlicensed, lightly regulated companies don´t fly the planes, much less own them. They make their money by arranging flights and charging as much as 20 percent of a trip´s cost, which can soar to more than 9,000 an hour, according to prices quoted on Teterboro-based Freedom Jets Inc.´s Web site.

In contrast to the luxury trappings of private jets, charter brokering is a bare-knuckle trade in which companies can scramble for profits and poach each other´s clients and employees. The stock promoters for one broker, Austin, Texas-based Connect-A- Jet.com Inc., were sued last March for fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The case was pending as of mid-August.

Read more at Bloomberg.com

Source: http://jets.ru/monitoring/2008/08/27/business_jet

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Re: Teterboro Airport
« Reply #154 on: August 29, 2008, 09:31:36 AM »
Air Traffic Controllers Prefer Springsteen And Sting Over George Michael

This is the kind of story that makes you wonder about how things operate behind the scenes. I also admit I was a bit amused by this story, and hope the same can be said for my readers. At least the ones who do not consider themselves George Michael fans.

Private Jet As George Michael’s private jet waited for clearance to take off from New Jersey’s Teterboro airport this past Sunday, word came down from controllers that the singing star would not be able to depart on time. After an hour’s delay, Michael’s jet was finally cleared to take off. If he didn’t know what the cause of the delay was at the time, you can be certain he knows now.

It seems that both Sting, frontman for the recently-reunited group The Police, and Bruce Springsteen were also waiting for clearance to depart in their private jets from the very same airport at the very same time.

After dealing first with a weather delay, Michael’s flight to Boston was further delayed two more times when both Sting and Springsteen were cleared to depart ahead of him.

Do you suppose it was Springsteen’s hometown status that gave him priority over Michael? Perhaps it was the fact that he is often called "The Boss," and controllers did not want to mess with the guy who has earned such a moniker.

Considering the fact that Sting’s jet was permitted to depart first — even before hometown boy Bruce — makes me wonder if some key airport controller is a big fan.

It was reported that Michael made it to his show in Boston without a minute to spare, and now has to live down the embarrassment of losing an airport face-off with Sting and Springsteen.

I wonder what the odds are that controllers are rocking to the sounds of "Roxanne" and "Born In The USA" up in that control tower?

This story surfaced on the New York Post’s infamous Page Six.

Source: http://www.realrocknews.com/air-traffic-controllers-prefer-springsteen-and-sting-over-george-michael/

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Re: Teterboro Airport
« Reply #155 on: August 29, 2008, 10:44:49 AM »
Report blames controller for Teterboro incident
August 29, 2008
NEWARK, N.J. - Investigators fault an air traffic controller for a runway incident at Teterboro Airport last month.

A Cessna was taxiing and about to cross a runway where a small jet was preparing to take off en route to Costa Rica on July 9.

The jet was forced to abort its takeoff. The two planes on the ground came within about 400 yards of each other.

Neither the pilot of the Cessna nor the nine people aboard the small jet suffered injuries.

A report released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board blames air traffic control for not directing the Cessna to hold short of the runway while taxiing.

The incident occurred two weeks after a plane landed near two workers on a closed runway at Teterboro.

Source: http://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--teterboro-runwayi0829aug29,0,1030328.story
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Another story: Controller blamed for Teterboro runway mishap

A report released in February by the federal Government Accountability Office found that Teterboro had 23 runway incursions from fiscal 2001 to fiscal 2007, two fewer than nearby Newark Liberty International Airport, which handled more than twice as many flights as Teterboro in the 12 months ending June 30.
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Re: Teterboro Airport
« Reply #156 on: October 03, 2008, 03:10:52 PM »
Ben Verwaayen bans jets as recession hits corporate fleets
By Dominic White

Ben Verwaayen, the former BT boss and self-proclaimed "climate change buff", has clamped down on corporate jets at his new company Alcatel-Lucent.
 
 'Climate change buff' Ben Verwaayen clamps down on corporate jets Photo: PAUL COOPER Executives at the world's biggest provider of fixed-line networks have been told they will have to fly on commercial airlines.

Earlier this year Mr Verwaayen hit out at BT customers who insist on receiving paper telephone bills rather than electronic ones.

But his latest decision is not just an ethical one, it appears. Like many companies, Alcatel-Lucent is cutting costs to cope with tough market conditions - with corporate jets top of the list of luxuries to go.

Alcatel-Lucent will ground its three business jets based at New Jersey's Morristown Municipal Airport when leases on two of them expire at the end of October. "It is our plan to wind down corporate aviation," said a spokesman for the Paris-based company. Even before the credit crunch intensified last month, the jet fleet was "identified as an area we could make some cuts."

About 30 miles away at Teterboro Airport, business flights serving the New York area's corporate-aviation hub are down 5.6% through the first seven months of the year, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

US executive-jet traffic fell 18pc in August alone, JPMorgan analyst Joseph Nadol wrote in a research note. The decline may be a sign that even strong orders from Russia and the Middle East may not prop up growth in the $20bn (£11.3bn) industry.

"A slowdown in traffic is a sign that demand will eventually be slowing as well," said aerospace analyst Raymond Jaworowski of Forecast International. "The business-jet market tracks very closely to US economic growth and corporate profits."

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Re: Teterboro Airport
« Reply #157 on: October 29, 2008, 10:42:44 AM »
Group outlines progress at Teterboro Airport
source: http://www.southbergenite.com/NC/0/1880.html 
(by Michael Lamendola - October 28, 2008)

A working group that had made five distinct pledges to improve safety and quality of life issues at Teterboro Airport two years ago said it’s making significant strides with fulfilling its promises, yet more cooperation by airport operators is still needed.

The consortium of air industry operators, airport officials and the Port Authority of NY/NJ that makes up the Teterboro Airport Industry Working Group, says safety and noise, two of the top issues posed at the general aviation airport, are being attacked on several fronts.

The five pledges set forth exactly two years ago called for reducing Stage II aircraft flights, reducing nighttime flights by imposing a voluntary 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, keeping out aircraft 100,000 pounds and over and making safety improvements and security improvements. The group said since the pledges were issued, Stage II operations have decreased by 43 percent, nighttime flights have gone down 16 percent, no oversized jets above 100,000 pounds have landed at Teterboro and the amount of noise complaints received from local residents has decreased from 736 to 468.

The group said on the safety front, a perimeter intrusion system is planned for the end of the year. In addition, a foam arrestor bed has been installed on one runway and another is planned. The group has also launched a Web site with a Safety 1st program, a  20-minute tutorial on how jet users should behave and the rules they need to follow when utilizing Teterboro. The site has been viewed more than 80,000 times since its launch in June.

Congressman Steve Rothman, a strong proponent of improving the quality of life issues in towns near the airport that are adversely affected by the airport’s operations, said he is pleased with the results so far. However, he said more operators need to sign on to commit to the pledges and stick to their promises.

“When the Working Group announced these pledges two years ago, it had just over 50 percent of the operators at Teterboro voluntarily agreeing to abide by these pledges and it set a goal of 90 percent signed up by the end of 2007,” said Rothman. “Unfortunately they have fallen well short of that goal since just over 60 percent of the operators have signed up so far.”
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October 28, 2008

TEB Good-Neighbor Policy Working
Source: http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/BizAv_TEB_GoodNeighborPolicay_Working_199073-1.html
By Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief

Stage II business jet operations have dropped by 43 percent and night operations at Teterboro Airport have been cut by 16 percent since operators instituted a voluntary ban on those types of activities two years ago. At a news conference on Tuesday, representatives of the Teterboro Airport Industry Working Group's "Pledge to the Community Program" updated the media on efforts to ease the friction between the airport and its neighbors. "I am quite pleased with the continued progress of the working group's Pledge to the Community Program," National Air Transportation Association President Jim Coyne said. "The significant reduction in Stage II and overnight operations is a testament to the aviation industry's commitment to this critical initiative." Coyne is also co-chair of the program. There are now 300 signatories on the voluntary ban and the group is urging more to join.

In a letter to operators that use TEB, the group says it's "critical we continue the momentum achieved over the last two years," since the establishment of the effort. In addition to the 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and the Stage II ban, the group has resolved to ban aircraft weighing more than 100,000 pounds and to enhance safety and security at the airport.
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Sure, it's noisy, but Teterboro brings big business
Source: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Yes_its_noisy_but_Teterboro_brings_in_business.html
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
BY JOHN GAVINSTAFF WRITER
   
Rep. Steve Rothman, along with officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and aviation officials gave a progress report today about quality of life issues near Teterboro Airport.

The report was an update of an informal agreement made two years ago with operators and businesses that use the airport to make a voluntary pledge to scale back their operations for the good of the community.

“Significant progress has been made since 2006 but there is still much more work to be done,” said Rothman, who represents the airport and surrounding communities.

 “Teterboro Airport has been a noisy and somewhat bothersome neighbor for decades, but it is also a neighbor that employs 1,137 people, creates 15,554 other jobs and generates $1.8 billion in annual economic activity in the region," he said. "This is a neighbor we want to keep, as long as we can figure out how best to live next to each other.”

The pact was made after years of complaints from neighbors about the rising number of jet take offs and landings, jet noise and safety concerns.

Held at the Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation’s hanger, Rothman, D-Fair Lawn, said he was pleased with the agreement’s success in cutting down incidents of its noisiest jets and keeping larger planes over 100,000 pounds from operating.

During the 50-minute press conference, Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia said Teterboro is a “reliever to other airports” but says help may be on the way with today’s technology.

“We have an airport control system that’s antiquated,” Coscia said. “We need better technology, different approaches.”

Rothman, however, said he is disappointed with the number of participants since the initiative to cut back on operations was announced.

Two years ago, about 50 percent of the airport’s businesses pledged to reduce their operations and a goal was set to have 90 percent do so by the end of 2007.

To date, 60 percent of businesses have pledged.

“Unfortunately, they have fallen well short of that goal… ” Rothman said. “They simply must do better. It is my expectation that the working group will redouble their efforts in this area.”

Good neighbor policy
Pledges made by Teterboro users to reduce the impact of the airport on its neighbors:

Reduce operations of Stage II jets (the noisiest)
Reduce night time flights
Keeping large aircraft from operating at Teterboro
Make safety improvements
Make security improvements

E-mail: gavin@northjersey.com


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Re: Teterboro Airport
« Reply #158 on: December 05, 2008, 05:02:11 PM »
I found this here: http://www.aviationemployment.com/job-listings/list-jobs.cgi?id=44063

Compliance Manager - Noise Abatement
Aerotek Aviation, LLC - Teterboro, NJ, United States (profile)

Summary
This position administers and oversees the development and operations of a world class noise abatement and Environmental office at Teterboro airport. Respond to complaints, concerns and inquires for the following groups: community residents, aircraft operators, members of special interest groups, locally elected and appointed officials, various government agencies and the Port Authority of NY and NJ staff and supervises departmental staff. This position is to be effective, proactive and innovative. Must have an aviation background with regards to the environmental side of the house. Must be extremely diplomatic as they will be the liaison between the airport and the residents of the area. Will also be dealing with pilots that violate noise policies. This is a direct placement. Relocation assistance for the ideal candidate.

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Qualifications
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, NOISE ABATEMENT KNOWLEDGE, EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS, EXCELLENT COMPUTER CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS

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Re: Teterboro Airport
« Reply #159 on: December 11, 2008, 06:05:08 PM »
Teterboro Airport noise hotline
Residents can make noise using hotline

Though some noise has subsided at Teterboro Airport in recent months, Little Ferry resident Corinne Wehrle is making sure her neighbors remain on the ball with quality of life issues.

"Although there are no more noisy jets, we now have larger jets with more fumes," Wehrle said at a recent Little Ferry council meeting. Wehrle, the borough’s representative on the Teterboro Airport Noise Abatement Committee (TANAC), stressed the importance complaining to the airport and the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey about noise and jet fumes.

"It is important that the residents know that when they are complaining about something such as the noise and fumes, the airport takes that into consideration when things are being changed," she said, adding that objections from the residents are always documented by Teterboro personnel.

Earlier this year, the New Jersey Department Environmental Protection [DEP] and the Environ Cooperation completed a study that showed people living in the area of the airport are breathing in air that is more dangerous than the fumes at the airport itself. It also stated that Teterboro Airport has a "measurable impact" on the air quality.

A special airport hotline was established for the sole reason of airing residents’ complaints about their impact environment. The callers have resided in several area towns, not just Little Ferry.

"Having an airport in a residential area is not a desirable situation, so there are going to be complaints," Ridgefield Park Mayor George Fosdick said. Though Fosdick’s town is less than a 10-minute drive along Route 46 from the airport, he said the number of complaints from his residents have been few.

"We have between zero to five per month. There are months that no one complains," he said.

The same is true in Bogota, where Mayor Patrick McHale said the skies have been quiet overhead.

"Rarely do planes fly over Bogota," he said, adding that no one from his town has reported anything via the airport hotline.

The dwindling number of central Bergen residents to use the hotline might have nothing to do with fewer complaints. In Hackensack, where planes buzz high-rise apartment buildings as well as hill-perched Hackensack University Medical Center, numbers are also down. City Manager Stephen Lo Iacono said the airport indeed poses a threat to quality of life, but some residents just might be fed up with the situation.

"Noise, fumes and low flying planes is an absolutely terrible, terrible quality of life issues for the City of Hackensack to put up with because of the location of Teterboro Airport and it is a major issue of the city," said Lo Iacono.

"I am sure there are an awful lot of people that throw their hands up in frustration not being able to do anything about the problem and not calling anymore."

Though low-flying planes and fumes continue, Wehrle and other municipal officials urge residents not to give up.

"Unless people voice their complaints, it will be hard to fix," she said, emphasizing the use of the hotline.

"I am convinced if more people know about the hotline, there would be more complaints," Little Ferry Mayor Mauro Raguseo said. "I urge residents, especially one affected by the airport, to make their voices heard on the hotline."

Residents wishing to complain about noise or fumes or other airport-related issues are encouraged to call the Teterboro Airport hotline at 201-288-8828 or visit www.teb.com. Residents can also email Wehrle at smcpantry@gmail.com with the subject line Airport.

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« Reply #160 on: December 15, 2008, 10:11:43 AM »
When I drive into Hackensack, one of the first things I notice is the roar of planes overhead, it seems like they roar in every 40 seconds, on the dime.  I wasn't paying attention so much when I lived here.  It definately diminishes the quality of life.

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« Reply #161 on: December 19, 2008, 01:14:42 AM »
Check the old minutes of the January 3, 1950 Hackensack Council meeting.  The city passed an ordinance regulating low-flying aircraft.  The measure was pushed by Councilman Myers of the 2nd Ward.

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« Reply #162 on: December 19, 2008, 02:12:21 PM »
The ordinance introduction:

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« Reply #163 on: December 19, 2008, 02:49:08 PM »
If that ordinance is still in effect, why not send Constable Norm Levin on to the roof of the Excelsior, take down the tail numbers of the offending aircraft, then rush to Teterboro or Newark Airport and hand a warning to the pilot telling him that he shouldn't do that anymore or he will get a ticket. Problem solved! 

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« Reply #164 on: December 22, 2008, 12:03:13 AM »
AP IMPACT: Wall Street still flying corporate jets
From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_corporate_jets

NEW YORK – Crisscrossing the country in corporate jets may no longer fly in Detroit after car executives got a dressing down from Congress. But on Wall Street, the coveted executive perk has hardly been grounded.

Six financial firms that received billions in bailout dollars still own and operate fleets of jets to carry executives to company events and sometimes personal trips, according to an Associated Press review.

The jets serve as airborne offices, time-savers for executives for whom time is money — lots of money. And some firms are cutting back, either by selling the planes or leasing them.

Still, Wall Street's reliance of the rarified mode of travel has largely escaped the scorn poured on the Big Three automakers.

Insurance giant American International Group Inc., which has received about $150 billion in bailout money, has one of the largest fleets among bailout recipients, with seven planes, according to a review of Federal Aviation Administration records.

"Our aircraft are being used very sparingly right now," AIG spokesman Nicholas J. Ashooh said. "I'm not saying there's no use, but there's very minimal use."

To cut costs, AIG sold two jets earlier this year and is selling or canceling orders for four others.

Five other financial companies that got a combined $120 billion in government cash injections — Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley — all own aircraft for executive travel, according to regulatory filings earlier this year and interviews.

A cross-country trip in a mid-sized jet costs about $20,000 for fuel. Maintenance, storage and pilot fees put the cost far higher.

Many U.S. companies are giving up the perk. The inventory of used private jets was up 52 percent as of September, according to recent JPMorgan data on the health of the private aircraft industry.

A few big U.S. companies have shunned jet ownership. Chip maker Intel Corp., for example, requires executives and employees to fly commercial. Intel occasionally charters jets for executives on overseas trips for security reasons, though.

For automakers, the public relations nightmare exploded last month when the chief executives of Ford, GM and Chrysler were criticized for flying on corporate jets to Washington to ask Congress for federal bailout money.

"Couldn't you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled, or something, to get here?" Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., asked the CEOs.

When the executives went back to Capitol Hill two weeks later for a second round of hearings, they traveled by car.

So why were Wall Street executives spared from the corporate-jet backlash? One reason is that they didn't have to go before Congress to request bailout money, so no one asked how they traveled to Washington.

But an AP review of Securities and Exchange Commission filings and FAA records offers a glimpse of Wall Street firms' ownership and use of private aircraft. Among the findings:

• CITIGROUP: Has a wholly owned subsidiary, Citiflight Inc., that handles air travel for executives. Citi spokeswoman Shannon Bell refused to comment on the size of the firm's fleet but said it has been reduced by two-thirds over the past eight years. FAA records show four jets and a helicopter registered to the company.

In 2007, then-CEO Charles Prince used company aircraft for personal trips for security reasons. Those trips cost the company $170,972 for that year. Current CEO Vikram Pandit began reimbursing the company for all personal travel on company planes since being appointed in November 2007.

Use of Citigroup's aircraft currently is confined to a "limited number of executives," Bell said. "Executives are encouraged to fly commercial whenever possible to reduce expenses."

• MORGAN STANLEY: Has reduced its executive jet fleet size from three planes to two since 2005, company spokesman Mark Lake said. FAA records show two Gulfstream G-Vs as registered to the company.

In 2007, CEO John Mack's personal use of company aircraft totaled $355,882, according to a February proxy filing. Mack is required to use company aircraft for personal trips for security reasons.

• JPMORGAN: Registered as the owner of four Gulfstream jets, including a 2007 ultra-long range flagship G550 model, FAA records show. A G550 ordered for delivery that year would have cost roughly $47.5 million.

CEO Jamie Dimon is required to use company aircraft for personal trips; In 2007, his personal use of company jets totaled $211,182, according to a May filing with the SEC. Company spokesman Joe Evangelisti refused to comment on whether the bank has changed its policy on corporate aircraft use since accepting $25 billion in TARP money.

• BANK OF AMERICA: Registered as the owner of nine planes, including four Gulfstreams, FAA records show. Company spokesman Scott Silvestri refused to say whether the company has changed its policy on corporate aircraft use since taking $15 billion in bailout money.

CEO Kenneth Lewis, also required to use company aircraft for personal trips, racked up $127,643 in such travel last year, according to a March filing with the SEC.

• WELLS FARGO: Owns a single jet that "is strictly for business purposes under appropriate circumstances," spokeswoman Julia Tunis Bernard said. "No (government) funds will be used for corporate jet travel," she added.

SEC rules require publicly held companies to disclose executives' personal use of corporate aircraft. But there's "a lot of gray area" in how they do it, said David Yermack, a finance professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University who has studied the matter.

"If you use the plane for a personal trip but make one business call, should you report it?" he said. "Or if you're playing golf with potential business partners, does a company report that as business or personal?"

As mounting losses force companies to cut costs, some are becoming stingier about personal use of the company plane. Merrill Lynch & Co., for example, has banned such trips, according to company filings.

Experts say other companies that took bailout money will probably follow suit.

"The personal use of these planes is virtually indefensible at this point," said Patrick McGurn, special counsel at shareholder advisory firm RiskMetrics Group. "Once you're on the federal dole, the pressure is going to become immense on these firms to cut these costs."

Private jet manufacturers say the debate over executive travel has been overblown.

"What people don't understand is that business jets are mobile offices," said Robert N. Baugniet, Gulfstream's director of corporate communications. "If time has any value to you, then you'll understand why people use business jets."

He said the dustup hasn't hurt orders for new planes.

Still, some firms have avoided corporate jet ownership. Goldman Sachs Group, whose executives in past years have been among the highest-paid in the industry, has never owned its own aircraft since going public in 1999, spokesman Michael DuVally said.

The company does make private planes available to some executives through a fractional jet agreement, a timeshare-style arrangement, according to filings. Duvally refused to say how much the company spends on its fractional agreement.

Wary of being perceived as opulent, most companies fly in unmarked jets. Aviation buffs can usually track planes over the Internet using aircraft tail numbers. But many companies, including AIG and Citigroup, have blocked the public's ability to do so for security reasons.

Some corporate chieftains make no excuses for flying the private skies.

After years of railing against such costs, billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Warren Buffet broke down in 1989 and bought a Gulfstream IV-SP using $9.7 million in company funds. He named the aircraft "The Indefensible."

 

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