No, we know the thread is past its sell-by date when you use the term 'dissing', and then comment on grammar in the same posting.
No, my usage of the term was perfectly correct. Don't argue on word usage with a Scrabble player!
dissing - present participle of dis
Verb:
Act or speak in a disrespectful way toward.
Brunel is long gone, so we can only speculate on what he might have wanted to do, but he would have serious problems with the bean counters either way.
Foster on the other hand is actually accomplished across at least as many disciplines - from architecture outright (Stansted), to bridge building (Millau) to yacht and bus design to Metro system and even graphic design (Bilbao).
It is Foster who we should be challenging here, because apart from one or two mistakes (mainly London's Millennium Bridge), he has delivered workable projects, generally on time and on budget (Wembley was a multi-party screw up!).
Why is he getting embroiled in such a clearly flawed project? At least Silver has rightly pointed out that the site as proposed is going to cause no-end of problems as it is almost as physically constrained as LHR, and it will be impossible to add any further runways to the north without doing a Valencia style diversion of the Thames.
But if we are going to keep up with the playground antics, I can only echo FDF's request for Silver to give us the maths lesson!
a) How do you pay for the new airport and
b) How much do the airlines pay (per pax) to use it?
Without a business plan, there is no plan, might aswell just roll out lines in the sand pit.