Forgive the cynicism of an old fart, but this old fart earned a lot of dosh in 2002/3 working as a sub-contracting consultant for DfT as it produced the definitive, final study to end all studies into future London airport capacity.
Yes, the Future of Air Transport was going to lay out a map for the future.
Its conclusion, to sum it up, was a new runway at the three then BAA airports, provided that air quality issues at LHR could be, ummm, overcome.
The report was, of course, shelved the day after it was published, and that was the last we heard of that. The cost was either £100m or £300m, I forget.
Guess what will happen to this latest report.