I'm not a spotter either! In fact, I never read their threads, but thanks for the label anyway. Never been called a spotter before! By the way, I've never seen an A380 in real life. Hardly the behaviour of an anorak is it Mr Fogg? However, I do know a little bit about aircraft.
Skipness,
I totally agree with you; the world has changed an awful lot. Short haul is orange, whether it's business or leisure, and Gatwick should certainly be proud of such a massive orange presence and the airports huge point to point network.
So back to my earlier question, what is Gatwicks absolute capacity in terms of aircraft movements and passenger numbers. I think I read somewhere that Gatwicks busiest day was just short of 900 movements in one day! If my memory is serving me well, that's a pretty astonishing statistic!
Airlift21.