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Why Giants will avoid another plane humiliation before Week 17 home finale

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Why Giants will avoid another plane humiliation before Week 17 home finale

It won’t be a “banner day” for the Giants at MetLife Stadium.

Or maybe it will be, in a different sense of the term.

High Exposure Aerial Advertising has cancelled orders for three banner-carrying planes to fly over MetLife Stadium before the Giants’ home finale at 1 p.m. Sunday against the Colts, the company’s sales manager told The Post.  

The first plane that flew over MetLife Stadium on Dec. 8.

The first plane that flew over MetLife Stadium on Dec. 8. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Federal Aviation Administration regulations prohibit banner planes from flying when the cloud ceiling is lower than 800 feet, the employee said.

Woodbine, N.J.-based High Exposure began contacting its clients Friday to cancel orders because the forecast calls for high winds, low clouds and rain.  

Of course, it is possible that another company would attempt to fly, though the FAA levies significant fines if its regulations are ignored.

Two different message-senders hired High Exposure to fly banners directed at Giants owner John Mara prior to the last two home games.

The plane that flew over MetLife Stadium on Dec. 15.

The plane that flew over MetLife Stadium on Dec. 15. @SNYGiants/X

The first message-sender, who remains anonymous, went with “Mr Mara Enough – PLZ FIX THIS DUMPSTER FIRE” on Dec. 8.

It was a throwback to 1978, when fed-up fans at the previous lowest point in franchise history had the idea to hire a plan directing a message at John’s father Wellington Mara.



A fan who later identified himself as “Miguel” on the Talkin’ Giants podcast doubled down on Dec. 15 at the reported cost of $1,500 with a banner that warned “MR MARA ENOUGH – WE WON’T STOP UNTIL YOU FIRE EVERYONE.”

Miguel explained that “everyone” was meant to be general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll but that he was not allowed to disparage individuals under company instructions.

John Mara on the field before the Giants-Falcons game on Dec. 22.

John Mara on the field before the Giants-Falcons game on Dec. 22. Brett Davis-Imagn Images

The Giants are 7.5-point underdogs Sunday against the Colts, as they attempt to avoid extending their franchise-record losing streak to 11 games and avoid going winless at home for the second time in their 100-year history (joining 1974).

It is not clear what Sunday’s three banners would have read.

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