Beag's hopefully this will finally nail the lie that lo-co's are not concerned for safety.
'Putting drainage slots in the surface implies that someone thinks that there is an aquaplaning issue,'
No, its a standard technique to improve drainage on runways. By helping disperse the surface water it obviously helps minimise the potential of aquaplaning occuring. It may be worth pointing out for some, that by doing this, (channels draining water off the surface) it helps heavier than air machines accelerate for take-off.
'this cannot be the case on a runway that is downhill'
Erm just thought I'd point out that going the otherway, its uphill.....
'and is absurd when we are considering that we are talking about hundreds of tons'
'it has to be the runway is not long enough and flat enough to give a good margin of error'
That'll be it then
There was a young man in his plane..
That landed at Bristol in rain..
He thought he might skid!
My god how he did!
And now the poor boys in Dunblane!
Are you holding the door open for me? How kind......