No, no I'm not. I am saying as a place that shifts a great deal of traffic, it provides a service as I have described.....BUT as I have mentioned on that "other" thread, core aircraft movements are NOT an indication as to how busy or complex an airfield or airspace is
Jerricho,
I agree completely. Many of the folks posting drivel here really have only half an idea of what they're talking about. I have no idea what LHR's airspace looks like, or what their traffic mix is, or what other constraints may exist, so I'd be a fool to claim they don't do a good job.
If I can point out just one example of some of the significant differences, (I think) between U.S. and European airspace. I'm somewhat familiar with DFW's operation because I fly through the area several times a year. Now some here would poo-poo DFW's operation because they have so many runways, but on the other hand, DFW approach also works traffic in and out of:
Dallas Love
Addison
Mckinney
Executive (Redbird)
Grand Prairie
Spinks
Ft. Worth NAS
Meacham
Alliance
Denton
Those are just the airports with Control Towers. There's more than two dozen other public airports in their approach airspace without Towers, and countless private strips. It's just my opinion from reading some of the posts that some of the posters here have no idea what kind of a traffic mix exists in much of the U.S. I doubt there's a controller anywhere that wouldn't consider DFW's airspace quite crowded and the operation challenging were they sitting at one of DFW's radar scopes.