"don't mix up faith and analysis,"
My Goodness Skippy, that is a bit rich !
Selective analysis comes to mind every time you make a post
When it comes to faith, your evangelical support of Heathrow is laudable, the problem is you consistently provide a raft of forensic evaluation in relation to Manchester whilst being highly selective when it comes to a fuller evaluation down South.
There seems to be an awful lot of “build and be damned” rhetoric, based on looking backwards when infact what you should be doing is actually looking forward !
What about other factors, these seem to be conveniently ignored in your arguments?
What of the monumental increases of passenger flows to other mega hubs from secondary airports in both UK and indeed the EEC.
Is LHR the still the airport of choice, West maybe but East ?
What about "trends" and the impact of possible even larger super Hubs at Istanbul and Dubai.
These may well impact our "new" direct routes Hong Kong , China etc BUT will they not effect LHR as well ?
What about capacity constraints in the South East that will be imposed by a 3 runway at Heathrow, this will actually decrease overall movements in the South East that is a fact put forward by NATS, where does the other traffic go ?
The impact of ALL such factors deserves discussion, a sense of balance using your aviation background would just occasionally benefit the debate !