Got nothing but praise for T5, is head and shoulders above the rest of the Heathrow experience. Noticeable that most of the people bitching on here live nowhere near London. As my local airport of choice again, I am well impressed.
Well, a few things -
o Heathrow, as you regularly remind us, is supposed to BA's hub airport of choice, not just a provincial airport. And the volume of transfer passengers is one of the main reasons put forward for more expansion at Heathrow. So if T5 isn't serving non-Londoners well, that should be a concern (if not to you, at least to the owners). If you'd had to transfer to a domestic flight at T5 and found it little better time or convenience-wise than the schlep from T4 to T1, you'd be "bitching" too.
o T5 is indeed better than the rest of Heathrow, but that's not much of an achievement, is it ? Shouldn't Heathrow be measuring itself against the competition ?
o As for most of the detractors being not from London, here's the breakdown:
Newcastle
The Med
Zurich
Edinburgh
Bangkok
N Spain
London
Hertfordshire
SE England
London
Essex
Middlesex
uk
UK
In terms of proximity to London, I'd call that about 50/50 ?
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