HEATHROW

[Fairdealfrank]

Quote: "I would like to hear the views of Aviation People, rather than people who move into the area, then complain about aircraft noise. Knowing full well they were moving near a flight path."

.....and as house prices are so expensive in the area, paying one hell of a lot of money for the "priviledge"! If it's so bad, why would they do that?


Quote: "They should include a question in the questionnaire that asks how long you have lived in the Borough, and if it is any less than 15 years then your opinion is null and void as you knew full well what you were getting into!"

Make that 60 years, then they'll have experienced the really noisy jets of the 1960s/1970s and will know how much quieter today's aircraft are.


Quote: " My guess is that there WILL be a third runway, and possibly a fourth !"

Hope you're right and hope it's soon!

Quote: "Terminals 6 & 7 are already planned. The steel and concrete was ordered years ago."

Good, they should have got the steel and concrete cheap back then.


Quote: "Cublington could have solved everything years ago"

Not really relevant, Cublington was intended (like Foulness) to be a third London airport not a replacement for Heathrow, so it would probably have been a bit like Stansted had it gone ahead.


Quote:"The Hillingdon and Richmond surveys only asked 2 questions:

1. Should a third runway be built at Heathrow? Yes/no
2. Are you in favour of more flights into and out of Heathrow? Yes/no

The Hounslow survey asked the same two questions, plus another 9 covering topics including runway alternation, night flights, noise insulation and the importance of LHR to the local economy.

I don't think the aim was to get the public to do the work of the DfT, Commons Transport Select Committee and Airports Commission in determining the UK's hub strategy."

Hounslow's aked more questions because it has residents under the flightpath, Hillingdon doesn't. Hounslow also asked if they wanted Heathrow to close, and guess what, the answer was no, what a surprise!

Does anyone know the turnout of these referendums? This critical but apparently unreported. Perhaps it tells a different story, who can say?

These referendums are not a particularly good use of ratepayers' money, we are dealing with proposed improvments to infrastructure of national significance, not a little local difficulty.