Originally Posted by
Empty Cruise
The runway that was 'recently' closed (had been closed by NOTAM for quite some time) was not a parallel runway and would not have increased capacity had it been re-instated. In fact, had it not been partially used for aircraft parking, the overnight issue would have reared its head sooner.
The person owning their own bizjet aircraft will likely not be bothered too much by having the crew do 2x 25min positioning - again, if you have to ask how much they cost to run, you can't afford it in the first place!
For us - sure, a nuisance, but nothing worse than at so many other airports around the world...
What an unfortunate and totally untrue statement. The additional cost of having to ferry an aircraft out and back in just for parking is very significant, adds no value and rich people are generally very cost/value conscious. Yes, they will spend huge amounts but only if they get something valuable in return. And what about the environmental impact of burning all that fuel totally unnecessarily? Yes, private aviation is wasteful to begin with but let's not accept it being forced to be made even more wasteful. Yes, there are some other airports which are as bad but that should never be a reason to accept these things a normal. They are not and should not be.
To think that rich people don't inquire about the cost of anything or if they do then it means they aren't really rich is ridiculous.
On a somewhat related not, I also am shocked at the treatment private aviation customers receive from security staff at an increasing number of UK airports. Idiotic rules, enforced to the letter, often in a less than friendly fashion and not a bit of common sense applied.