STN would work as an alternative to LHR. The question is, would Silver-Boris Thames airport be better? For many reasons, yes it would.
How? Forget the pie-in-the sky 6 runways how would STN get more capacity that LHR to even be able to compete.
Really I know, most of pprune posters know and David Cameron knows that in the end, LHR will have to have it's third runway, or traffic will leach to the continent.
Just my opinion..But LHR has been given permission to make the most of their two runways..How long before LHR gets it's third runway?.
No need to answer..the question is hypothetical..When the Tories are rid of the Liberals.