Reply to: That third runway

[unixman]

Heathrow. Let's put the new runway somewhere crowded and with terrible transport links.

Anywhere really, so long as all the money gets spent in the south east.

[vetran]

If it was London I would build an island.

Love Boris

FTFY

[minestrone]

If it was simcity I would build an island.

[EternalOptimist]

I used to live under the flight path of an airport. I chose to do so and never complained even when the runway was extended.

I always wondered why they don't site deaf people near airports. Then you might house all the poor sighted in Hull , the ones with no sense of smell near Birmingham. The culturally gifted genteel folk would all move to Liverpool of course.

[PurpleGorilla]

You're making that one up.

I am, it went bust in 2014.

There is London South End Airport though...

[VectraMan]

7 if you include London Manston Airport.

You're making that one up.

[darmstadt]

Its all part of the plan....

Airstrip One - Formally called England. This term demonstrates Orwell's distain for American influence Europe. It seems that Oceania (America, England, South America, Australia) looks upon Britain as little more than an ‘airstrip’ ... a launching ground into the European theater of war. It appears that Orwell was predicting the minor role that England would play in the global politics of the future.

Owned by Spaniards I believe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrovial

[PurpleGorilla]

5 if you include London Oxford Airport.

Surely the people of West London get no sleep anyway, or at least have learned to sleep through the noise/have gone deaf. So why does it matter if there's a third runway?

6 if you include London City

7 if you include London Manston Airport.

The island makes no sense, arrival and departure flows are too close to the UK airspace.

[CloudWalker]

"Build it, and they will come"

[FatLazyContractor]

You are thinking of Northholt. But if you did not know that, AYCOTBAC?

HTH

[Eirikur]

5 if you include London Oxford Airport.

Surely the people of West London get no sleep anyway, or at least have learned to sleep through the noise/have gone deaf. So why does it matter if there's a third runway?

6

Luton
Stansted
Southend
Gatwick
City
Oxford (hardly any scheduled flights at all, they try adding new flights all the time but all the operators go bust after a couple of flights)

Personally I would say the Boris Island is the best idea else expand Gatwick or even Stansted
Expanding Heathrow is just utter madness

[Paddy]

I used to live under the flight path of an airport. I chose to do so and never complained even when the runway was extended. Those near Heathrow chose to live near the airport so they should shut up or move. In fact I am looking to move near Heathrow.

Apart from Heathrow, the other options for expansion are no good for people living SW of London, they may as well fly from a local airport to a European hub rather than going to other so-called London airports.

[vetran]

You are thinking of Northholt. But if you did not know that, AYCOTBAC?

HTH

Northolt is for Squaddies and Terrorists suffering rendition.

[BrilloPad]

I think the third runway should be exclusively for us rich contractors who use private flights.

You are thinking of Northholt. But if you did not know that, AYCOTBAC?

HTH

[vetran]

It's true, you do get used to the planes. However it will also bring hundreds of thousands of new people closer to a flight path.

Perhaps the worst thing of all though is all those planes flying directly over the city. Who in their right mind, with terrorists looking to blow the infidels to pieces, would put more planes over a population centre?

I'm amazed it hasn't happened already. One man, with a SAM on his shoulder, as a fully loaded 747 takes off to the East, could wipe out thousands.

they tried it a couple of years ago

agree its madness.

they should build a properly designed HUB airport somewhere sensible.