Hallelujah! What now needs to happen is for all the aviation industry bodies and airlines in the UK to get together as one lobbying voice and align themselves firmly with Baroness Dean. It would be a change to have a large, powerful group lobbying in favour of aviation to counter the many small anti-aviation groups that are found all over the UK. These groups are often small but vociferous and punch above their weight by making lots of noise at local level and getting local councils and planning committees to prevent development of airports and even close down some long established aiports where these come into conflict with urban development priorities.
Who knows - if we got enough people fired-up we could organise a march to Trafalgar Square involving thousands of pilots, flight attendants, fuellers, baggage handlers, cleaners and caterers - all protesting for MORE AVIATION and MORE AIRPORTS!!!!!! That would be a first?!
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'An ounce of effort is worth a tonne of theory'