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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Aug 2015, 08:05
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

No, only 3 of them. Jeremy Corbyn's election...

No, only 3 of them.

Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader of Labour party could scupper plans for third runway at Heathrow - UK Politics - UK - The Independent...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Aug 2015, 09:32
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

The "Heathholt" proposal was comprehensively...

The "Heathholt" proposal was comprehensively taken apart by the Airports Commission in its December 2013 Interim Report.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jul 2015, 11:15
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

The Airports Commission don't appear to have...

The Airports Commission don't appear to have received your proposal (or anyone else's) for Heyford - there's no mention of it in their "Long Term Options" report.

Mind you, that £20 million would...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jul 2015, 10:10
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Actually the "mayhem" this morning was fairly...

Actually the "mayhem" this morning was fairly limited, no doubt helped by some clever mitigation on the part of HAL, NATS, etc.

Heathrow managed 53 arrivals and 8 departures between 04:30 and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2015, 19:03
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, but wouldn't that compromise the "equitable...

Yes, but wouldn't that compromise the "equitable respite distribution" principle ?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2015, 16:01
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

A bit more up-market than the old 28L OM (in the...

A bit more up-market than the old 28L OM (in the days when they existed). That was in the corner of the Mogden sewage works. :O
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2015, 15:17
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

No assumptions made, well not by me. The...

No assumptions made, well not by me.

The 75% derives from HAL's published 3-runway operating pattern, the stated aim of which is to provide "respite distributed on as equitable a basis as...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2015, 09:18
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Putney's issue with R3 NW is that it would result...

Putney's issue with R3 NW is that it would result in 27L being used for landings 75% of the time.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jul 2015, 07:47
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

I'm not sure where the irony part comes from, but...

I'm not sure where the irony part comes from, but the basis for the opposition from local and campaign groups is that alternation respite with R3 is halved compared to currently, from 50% of the time...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jul 2015, 14:15
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

I'd have though that was stating the obvious,...

I'd have though that was stating the obvious, though I'm not sure ATC would agree with the term "juggling".

The alternative - building a third runway but only being able to use one at a time for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jul 2015, 07:32
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

The alternation schemes in the R3 proposals show,...

The alternation schemes in the R3 proposals show, at any given point in time, one runway dedicated to departures, one to arrivals and one of the two outer runways operating in mixed-mode (interleaved...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Jul 2015, 16:17
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Actually, Birmingham expansion was one of the...

Actually, Birmingham expansion was one of the options that Davies considered.

His Catch-22 verdict was that its only chance of being viable would be if HS2 goes ahead, thereby giving BHX the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jul 2015, 16:53
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

That's just a recommendation of the Commission,...

That's just a recommendation of the Commission, they don't have any power to impose conditions.



Not quite. That's true during the summer, but after the clocks go back daily quota usage goes...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jul 2015, 12:46
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

There wouldn't have been any point in Davies...

There wouldn't have been any point in Davies recommending that, which is why he didn't (or one of the reasons, at least).

None of the aforementioned airports would take the commercial risk of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jul 2015, 09:00
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Interesting to note a whole bunch of...

Interesting to note a whole bunch of recommendations that the Commission has included as part of its R3 verdict:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jul 2015, 06:31
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Airport Commission: final report: ...

Airport Commission: final report:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/440316/airports-commission-final-report.pdf


Business case and sustainability...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jun 2015, 12:07
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Only partly true. Transfer traffic at a hub...

Only partly true.

Transfer traffic at a hub might be a bonus where it improves the profitability of some routes, but it makes other routes viable that wouldn't otherwise operate at all.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jun 2015, 06:45
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

etc Are you not willing/able to use the...

etc

Are you not willing/able to use the Quote function?

It's very hard to follow your posts which don't differentiate between what you are saying and what you are responding to.

Just a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Jun 2015, 12:43
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Sorry, but you clearly have no idea how a hub...

Sorry, but you clearly have no idea how a hub works.

Practically all the carriers serving any hub airport benefit from the fact that it's a hub, even if it isn't their own hub.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st May 2015, 11:43
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

I guess I'm just more of a cynic than you are. ...

I guess I'm just more of a cynic than you are. :O

IMHO the split-runway proposal is there purely as a makeweight - it's never been done before, the safety case is unproven and it has no support...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th May 2015, 20:41
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

The chances of that are zero.

The chances of that are zero.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th May 2015, 07:11
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Using that logic, only the residents of Hayes and...

Using that logic, only the residents of Hayes and Harlington, the constituency in which most of Heathrow is located, would be entitled to a voice.

Though, being north of the airport's east-west...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th May 2015, 18:52
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

You need to tell that to Heathrow - Boris is only...

You need to tell that to Heathrow - Boris is only echoing what the airport itself was saying that it wants to do, this time last year.

Heathrow Airport congestion charge proposed - BBC News...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Apr 2015, 21:49
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Paris didn't have a 4-runway airport in 1974. ...

Paris didn't have a 4-runway airport in 1974. CDG had 2 runways for its first 24 years of operation.

Though of course, unlike Heathrow, it was designed from the outset with space earmarked for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Apr 2015, 14:47
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Good luck trying to run trains through tunnels at...

Good luck trying to run trains through tunnels at that speed. :O

And, if you take a way the underground aspect, you're left with the London Orbital/"Heathwick" concept (also based on a Maglev,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Apr 2015, 06:46
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

I don't know what constitutes a "neutral...

I don't know what constitutes a "neutral position" in this context, but it's perfectly possible to be simultaneously pro the continued operation of the airport and anti its expansion. For example,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Apr 2015, 12:19
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Tam Dalyell (pronounced "deeyell").

Tam Dalyell (pronounced "deeyell").
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Apr 2015, 07:03
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Unless you're suggesting that they are being...

Unless you're suggesting that they are being disingenuous, HACAN's position (per their website) is "to stop further expansion of Heathrow and to cut the noise people hear from the existing airport". ...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Apr 2015, 16:55
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Out of interest, what organisations are...

Out of interest, what organisations are "anti-Heathrow" ?

I'm not aware of any, with the possible exception of the Mayor of London's kitchen cabinet (though his views don't reflect those of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Apr 2015, 21:18
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

The Independent really should know better than...

The Independent really should know better than that.

PPCs (which is what Zac is following the dissolution of Parliament on 30th March) tend not to say "I will", since that's tempting fate, but "I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2014, 17:02
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

"The Commission has therefore concluded that...

"The Commission has therefore concluded that there is a clear case for one net additional runway in London and the South East, to come into operation by 2030."
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2014, 08:27
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Nothing is "inevitable" apart from death and...

Nothing is "inevitable" apart from death and taxes.

But it's looking increasingly likely that LGW R2 is more than a "perhaps".
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2014, 22:15
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Not necessarily. NATS' analysis, in that...

Not necessarily.

NATS' analysis, in that document, is that a third runway at Heathrow would have no impact on capacity at Gatwick (22nm away). Equally, Gatwick R2 would not affect Heathrow's...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2014, 20:25
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Clearly yes. Making it difficult, if not...

Clearly yes.

Making it difficult, if not impossible, for passengers to transfer between shorthaul and longhaul flights would instantly render a significant number of existing routes unprofitable,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2014, 19:20
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By DaveReidUK

Quite so. I'd have thought that a NATS analysis...

Quite so. I'd have thought that a NATS analysis of the airspace consequences of each of the hub options would carry rather more weight with Davies than anything originating from TfL.
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