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Boris Johnson: third runway at Heathrow would be a 'disaster' | Environment | theguardian.com
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has taken time out from having sexual relations with women who are not his wife, his part time mayoralty and full time ego massaging to decry the barbaric and health risking possibility of not building the airport he sees cementing his name in history.
As a mere pleb who has been forced to undertake real work to make ends meet, I can only gaze with astonishment at the man's famed intellect.
I did not know LHR was 100 times noisier than CDG. Must be all those Tridents.... It really bugs me when people misuse stats like that. It's lying, plain and simple.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has taken time out from having sexual relations with women who are not his wife, his part time mayoralty and full time ego massaging to decry the barbaric and health risking possibility of not building the airport he sees cementing his name in history.
As a mere pleb who has been forced to undertake real work to make ends meet, I can only gaze with astonishment at the man's famed intellect.
I did not know LHR was 100 times noisier than CDG. Must be all those Tridents.... It really bugs me when people misuse stats like that. It's lying, plain and simple.
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While I agree with you, Skip, on the clear case for LHR expansion I don't think we should be glib about the noise issues. LHR is vastly worse on this issue than other London airports and this has to be faced. It is a difficult issue.
While Boris is being a bit apocalyptic in his comments I'm not sure we can accuse him of lying. An airport's noise impact is normally measured by the number of people who live within specific noise contours. I don't have the figures for CDG, but if we look at the LEQ57 noise contour for example Heathrow is 65 times worse than LGW and 192 times worse than STN. For higher levels of noise exposure LHR comes out even worse, ie 90 times LGW or 230 times STN at the LEQ60 noise level.
Again I'm not trying to argue against LHR expansion but we can't pretend this isn't a real problem.
(Source 2012 data at https://www.gov.uk/government/public...ondon-airports)
While Boris is being a bit apocalyptic in his comments I'm not sure we can accuse him of lying. An airport's noise impact is normally measured by the number of people who live within specific noise contours. I don't have the figures for CDG, but if we look at the LEQ57 noise contour for example Heathrow is 65 times worse than LGW and 192 times worse than STN. For higher levels of noise exposure LHR comes out even worse, ie 90 times LGW or 230 times STN at the LEQ60 noise level.
Again I'm not trying to argue against LHR expansion but we can't pretend this isn't a real problem.
(Source 2012 data at https://www.gov.uk/government/public...ondon-airports)
While Boris is being a bit apocalyptic in his comments I'm not sure we can accuse him of lying.
While the first part of his statement can't be disputed, I can't think of any metric that supports the 100x assertion.
In round terms, there are about 5x as many people living within Heathrow's 55db Lden contour than within CDG's (roughly three quarters of a million vs about 150,000)
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Yes, I see now that CDG wasn't the best comparator for Boris to use. It's the third worst airport in Europe from a noise perspective, after LHR and FRA. Not much evidence of fact checking in his Telegraph article then...
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I was having a chat on the Northern Perimeter Road on Sunday as a B788 accelerated past on take off power. I did not have to as much as raise my voice. Boris is being selective as this is all about him and his place in history.
LGW had no one living on either approach, nor has STN but hard choices need to be made. You know, actual real and grown up decisions. Pfeffel is being wholly misleading for his own ends. Again.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ommission.html
* sounds of dummy being spat out
Again, why is this millionaire politician and former banker, allowed to call himself an adviser on aviation?
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/0...-salary-boris/
Cos it's who you know...
LGW had no one living on either approach, nor has STN but hard choices need to be made. You know, actual real and grown up decisions. Pfeffel is being wholly misleading for his own ends. Again.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ommission.html
* sounds of dummy being spat out
Despite the setback, Daniel Moylan, chief aviation adviser to London’s Mayor, suggested Mr Johnson would not surrender over a Thames Estuary airport, hinting that he would resurrect the battle next year if he gains a seat in Parliament. Mr Johnson is seeking to become the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the next general election.
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/0...-salary-boris/
Cos it's who you know...
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I see that Sky News (the television version) this morning is describing Boris Island as a proposed airport "In East London".
Do journalists have the faintest idea what they are writing about nowadays ?
Do journalists have the faintest idea what they are writing about nowadays ?
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Any timeline for the demolition of the CTA primary radar tower? I'm guessing it's going with T1 post 2015.. Bring on the 3rd runway . Also are there any plans to upgrade the CTA tube station?
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While I agree with you, Skip, on the clear case for LHR expansion I don't think we should be glib about the noise issues. LHR is vastly worse on this issue than other London airports and this has to be faced. It is a difficult issue.
While Boris is being a bit apocalyptic in his comments I'm not sure we can accuse him of lying. An airport's noise impact is normally measured by the number of people who live within specific noise contours. I don't have the figures for CDG, but if we look at the LEQ57 noise contour for example Heathrow is 65 times worse than LGW and 192 times worse than STN. For higher levels of noise exposure LHR comes out even worse, ie 90 times LGW or 230 times STN at the LEQ60 noise level.
Again I'm not trying to argue against LHR expansion but we can't pretend this isn't a real problem.
While Boris is being a bit apocalyptic in his comments I'm not sure we can accuse him of lying. An airport's noise impact is normally measured by the number of people who live within specific noise contours. I don't have the figures for CDG, but if we look at the LEQ57 noise contour for example Heathrow is 65 times worse than LGW and 192 times worse than STN. For higher levels of noise exposure LHR comes out even worse, ie 90 times LGW or 230 times STN at the LEQ60 noise level.
Again I'm not trying to argue against LHR expansion but we can't pretend this isn't a real problem.
I was having a chat on the Northern Perimeter Road on Sunday as a B788 accelerated past on take off power. I did not have to as much as raise my voice. Boris is being selective as this is all about him and his place in history.
Yes, I see now that CDG wasn't the best comparator for Boris to use. It's the third worst airport in Europe from a noise perspective, after LHR and FRA. Not much evidence of fact checking in his Telegraph article then...
LGW had no one living on either approach, nor has STN but hard choices need to be made. You know, actual real and grown up decisions. Pfeffel is being wholly misleading for his own ends. Again.
Again, why is this millionaire politician and former banker, allowed to call himself an adviser on aviation?
How much public money has been wasted on this nonsense?
I see that Sky News (the television version) this morning is describing Boris Island as a proposed airport "In East London".
Do journalists have the faintest idea what they are writing about nowadays ?
Do journalists have the faintest idea what they are writing about nowadays ?
Boris just claimed on Radio 5 it would cost as much to build a new runway at LHR as build Boris Island.
Maybe the tune will change once Boris is the candidate in Uxbridge, many residents work on the airport and would probably quite like to keep their jobs.
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...and now we may be building another runway to service "the regions" , slight problem those regions may be in a new Country in 2 weeks.
Will Scotland really want to use LHR as much as those who want RW3 say they will, I doubt it given tonight's news. It's arrogance to think so.
And where on earth is Davies this has to be a significant change !
Will Scotland really want to use LHR as much as those who want RW3 say they will, I doubt it given tonight's news. It's arrogance to think so.
And where on earth is Davies this has to be a significant change !
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the sole purpose of Davies is to delay until after the next election
If Scotland goes out we can then have another commission which will report in 2021 after the NEXT election
If Scotland goes out we can then have another commission which will report in 2021 after the NEXT election
Will Scotland really want to use LHR as much as those who want RW3 say they will
Why would you expect the loads on those routes to reduce just because you need to start carrying your passport?
why would you need to carry passport....am sure agreement will be struck on that similar to inter euroland...and anyway most pax ex scotland probably all carry passport to LHR as on connecting flights...and just about all who fly EZY etc are passport carriers ex Scotland to LUT/LGW/STN etc etc...
Nivs..... There may be no option,but to carry your passport if the vote goes for independence.
Part of Alex's aim is to re-join the EU, so signing up to the Euro is mandatory for ALL new entrants - non negotiable. (Which he conveniently forgets). Plus a whole host of other conditions, some negotiable, some not, including Schengen. Hence it may well be necessary to carry your passport, or national ID card to fly between the two.
I don't claim to be an expert on all the implications of the Schengen Agreement on border controls, but I believe that there are different, probably bi-lateral, arrangements at land borders than operate at air or sea ports. So it's possible that there may be no need for a passport to drive across the border, but it will be needed to fly.
The corollary is also that a yes vote might well force the issue for a UK-wide introduction of ID cards.
Part of Alex's aim is to re-join the EU, so signing up to the Euro is mandatory for ALL new entrants - non negotiable. (Which he conveniently forgets). Plus a whole host of other conditions, some negotiable, some not, including Schengen. Hence it may well be necessary to carry your passport, or national ID card to fly between the two.
I don't claim to be an expert on all the implications of the Schengen Agreement on border controls, but I believe that there are different, probably bi-lateral, arrangements at land borders than operate at air or sea ports. So it's possible that there may be no need for a passport to drive across the border, but it will be needed to fly.
The corollary is also that a yes vote might well force the issue for a UK-wide introduction of ID cards.
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...and now we may be building another runway to service "the regions" , slight problem those regions may be in a new Country in 2 weeks.
Will Scotland really want to use LHR as much as those who want RW3 say they will, I doubt it given tonight's news. It's arrogance to think so.
And where on earth is Davies this has to be a significant change !
Will Scotland really want to use LHR as much as those who want RW3 say they will, I doubt it given tonight's news. It's arrogance to think so.
And where on earth is Davies this has to be a significant change !
It’s not a significant change for the Airports Commission, Scottish secession has no bearing on the need for LHR expansion.
Whatever the result of the referendum on the 18th, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen are all going to be the same distance from London as they are today (roughly as far as Cologne/Bonn and Frankfurt, respectively).
Why would you expect the loads on those routes to reduce just because you need to start carrying your passport?
Why would you expect the loads on those routes to reduce just because you need to start carrying your passport?
why would you need to carry passport....am sure agreement will be struck on that similar to inter euroland...and anyway most pax ex scotland probably all carry passport to LHR as on connecting flights...and just about all who fly EZY etc are passport carriers ex Scotland to LUT/LGW/STN etc etc...
Nivs..... There may be no option,but to carry your passport if the vote goes for independence.
Part of Alex's aim is to re-join the EU, so signing up to the Euro is mandatory for ALL new entrants - non negotiable. (Which he conveniently forgets). Plus a whole host of other conditions, some negotiable, some not, including Schengen. Hence it may well be necessary to carry your passport, or national ID card to fly between the two.
If it was not granted, Salmond could walk away. After all, two out of the three countries in the so-called "arc of prosperity" which he wishes to be part of, are outside the EU.
I don't claim to be an expert on all the implications of the Schengen Agreement on border controls, but I believe that there are different, probably bi-lateral, arrangements at land borders than operate at air or sea ports. So it's possible that there may be no need for a passport to drive across the border, but it will be needed to fly.
A country can be a recent member of the EU and not in the eurozone (by never joining the ERM) and not in Schengen (by never having secure borders) even if in theory they're obliged to join both.
The corollary is also that a yes vote might well force the issue for a UK-wide introduction of ID cards.
Both Labour and Conservative governments have tried to introduce identity cards (encouraged by the EU of course) and both came badly unstuck, and rightly so.