Windsorian I do not doubt your correct about hS2 as and when it finally starts to run, but as had been said at best this is a medium term solution, I thought your suggestion was a short term one?
It also relies on the fact that people will take the train. Personally I think what will happen is even more people will shift to fly MAN/LBA/GLA/EDI ETC continental/middle eastern hubs rather than catch the train but I have no evidence to support it.
I can, currently, but not for much longer I admit, go on to ba.com and be given options to fly MAN-LGW-LHR - XYZ(Wherever that may be), I would not consider flying to Gatwick getting my bags and then trolling to Heathrow to connect, the same would be true for most if the option was Northolt my contention remains that your proposition is a non starter.
Last edited by pwalhx; 8th Nov 2012 at 12:15.