Originally Posted by
airsmiles
As for Stansted, I agree to a point but the key reason is the massive problem of what to do with the West London/M4 corridor businesses and employment, which rely on Heathrow nearby. We're talking a huge number of thousands of people (over 100,000 I believe).
You're absolutely correct of course. But it begs a fundamental question - do we go for a bold solution which gives us an airport fit for purpose but in a fundamentally different location to the existing labour pool, services and commercial developments? Or do we decide that Heathrow is the only game in town and accept that it will never be ideal?
I really don't have an answer.