Apart from the group of elderly people mentioned in the post above ,if the others dont like it they can MOVE.The airport keeps thousands in work,and as Jerricho and others rightly said -----if the moaners use the airport for business or leisure they have very little to grumble about----they'd grumble a damn side more if they had to go 100 miles for their flight to the sun!
I understand that LHR changes runways to stop the same groups of residents getting the noise all the time --just what are these people like?
THEY SHOULD ACCEPT THE AIRPORT IS THERE ---IF THEY DONT LIKE IT THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!
PS We live on a road where in the last 10 yrs the traffic has doubled,it is a fact of life now whether in the air ,the roads or the railways--even more so now some flightsare cheaper than the train!