Hey chum, thanks for your post. A bean counter? I've been called worse but yes I am. What I also possess is a little more insight in to the reasons for not purchasing the site where the Royal Mail sorting office sits today. Take the time to read back a few posts chum, the airport as it was then could not afford the £21m price tag for the purchase of that business park. BAA had just spent £25m on the purchase and redevelopment of the main airport site and it certainly wasn't able to purchase the additional piece of land that, correctly as it happens, would not be used for an airport development whilst the airport was in BAA ownership.
I do not believe that HAH are the slightest bit concerned about traffic and passenger drawn away from Heathrow. There is so much demand for slots at Heathrow any capacity released could be instantly resold or traded. Because of the length of SOUs runway, any traffic released from LHR would have a negligible impact.
Keep up the good work chum
