Lets put this all into perspective,...MAN,LGW,LHR are not the worst in the world, far from it, but for a country that is supposedly so 'cool Britannia' our major three airports arn't! They are not the 'Welcome to Britain, what a great first impression' they are supposed to be.....they are under funded, ill conceived and generally becoming dark,dank dingy in airline related areas, yet well lit, sexy and wonderful in the shopping areas.The fact that £478m of the £553m BAA earnt last year came from the shops bears testimony to that. The airports suffer from many bolts on and more sticky back plastic than in the average episode of Blue Peter.LHR and LGW's long and winding corridors are another good example of underfunding. The yanks build the better terminals, look at Pittsburgh, Orlando and the new terminal in Detroit.....have the airline and their customers first, well thought out terminal, light and spacious.At a recent Fire Seminar for LGW, was asked what would I do if the fire alarms went off...'clap' was the answer, as that would be the only way of getting a replacement South Terminal.....anyway, been a long day,...worked at worst airports, such as Mogadishu, D Day plus 1 in 1992, Minsk2 1993 and Vnukova in 1994........but come on BAA MAN PLC and the Government, sort yourselves out and do something about the state of our airports!!!..........
PS Dead chuffed BAA might not get a dual till as a result of the latest comment of the CAA.....they wanted to keep the revenue that our passengers bought them in the shops and increase the airline user fees by having two tills........
My vote for Londons South East additional runway is Lakeside or Blue Water.......hahaha