the people complaining are the ones who DON't Benifit from LHR but get the noise and pollution
Actually no. Most of the complaints are from a rich vocal minority who live far from Heathrow and who certainly benefit from it (longhaul overseas holidays anyone? business trips?). The complaints don't come from the residents of towns and villages right on top of the airport rwy thresholds like Cranford and Colnbrook.
Actually the pollution case is serious as the European Courts have already put the UK Govt on warning about general pollution levels - so it's a major issue
It's not the aircraft so much - it's all the car traffic generated around LHR that causes the problem - and if the numbers in the study are way too optomistic (as they must be given what we know now) then the protesters have a damn solid case on this issue
Indeed it's not the aircraft. Any one who has lived under the flightpath for many years will tell you that today's aircraft are increasingly cleaner and quieter.
The climate change brigade are so obsessed with carbon dioxide they completely took their eyes off the ball as far as NOx is concerned. As we know, this pollution from diesel engines is far worse, and the chickens are coming home to roost with another scandal, allegedly known about by the EU for at least 4 years (what a surprise!).
Again it means the case will be stuck in the courts for years
Regretably this may be the case, one thing the rich NIMBYs are not short of is money.