LHR closure
Forget about LHR closing, whether with 2 rwys or 3, or even 4. It is not going to happen. The rebuilding and "toastracking" of LHR terminals, for example, is investment costing billions, that level of investment would not take place at an airport that will be closed or downsized within the next 30 years (because of Fantasy Island). Would therefore expect that Heathrow expansion is very much on the cards. How long it takes for Cameron to grow a pair will determine the timescale.
Who pays for Fantasy Island and how are the carriers persuaded to use it?
It's not just dear old Silver who won't answer the questions, none of the advocates of Fantasy Island, from Boris downwards refuse to do so.
This eliminates the entire credibility of the project.
Didn't the govt. prattle on about "no new rwys in the south east"? If so, and if that means not having 2 more at LHR, it also means not having any at Fantasy Island.
We need to ignore all those wonderful images of what Fantasy Island might look like, the only realistic one is an picture of white elephants in a formation spelling out three little letters: Y M Q.
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 1st Sep 2012 at 01:16.