HAL:
"Heathrow believes that operational freedoms do help to mitigate against, and recover more quickly from, those less serious disruptive events which still result in poor performance and passenger experience. It is recommended therefore, that the following operational freedoms should be integrated into standard procedures as soon as practically possible ..."
I'm reminded that when the previous Minister announced that Phase II of the trial would be extended, she said:
"Once the trial is complete, the evidence collected will provide the basis for a consultation with local communities. This will consider whether an operational freedoms regime of some form should be adopted on a more permanent basis at Heathrow and if so what safeguards should apply in relation to its use. This consultation will inform the subsequent decision by ministers."
https://www.gov.uk/government/speech...athrow-airport
Six months on from the end of the trial, the HAL Final Report makes no reference to any post-trial consultation. I'm guessing that the change of Minister and Transport Secretary in the meantime has allowed the above undertaking to be ditched in order to skip the inconvenience of a consultation stage in favour of going straight to the recommendations ...