Many Thanks "Anotherthing"
That was my assumption from "outside the fence".
My comment re 6 runways was mischevious, but surely to have so many airports in in such close proximity restricts the total number of movements that even an extra runway at LHR doesnt solve..
Would it not simply dilute rather than expand what is already in situ.
I just wondered as you say if there is some contingency to resolve the ATM issue at the sametime as laying plans for a 3rd RW, many observers who support RW3 seem totally blind to the fact that the airspace is so congested.
When BAA owned LHR LGW and STN (assuming it goes) then there could be a case for reducing slots at one airport and increasing at another, but by the end of 2012 we could end up with every single major airport having a different owner, so who is going to give up their slice of the action ?
Would /Could movements at LGW LCY or LTN be restricted to ensure LHR as the main gateway gets the full benefit of an additional runway ?
Now even Southend is in the mix......
To me this just seems total madness.
Last edited by Bagso; 27th August 2012 at 19:05.