Plane Stupid
Plane Stupid, an anti-Heathrow expansion group parked a transit-style van in the middle of the airport tunnel this morning. Cynically, the entry tunnel to the airport was blocked rather than the exit tunnel for maximum disruption, causing misery and aggravation for many. This caused gridlock throughout the area so it wasn't just airport-related traffic affected.
On radio and television interviews, Plane Stupid spokesmen stated that they opposed the rwy on grounds of pollution. How much pollution did they cause by bringing traffic to a standstill, idling and/or in low gear, especially all those diesel vehicles? Touch of hypocrisy there no doubt. That really is stupid.
But perhaps even more stupid is doing it a time of high threat alert, a few days after the Paris and Bamako atrocities, when everyone is very twitchy.
Stupid and reckless! They were very lucky that this stunt was not mistaken for an attack and that they are still alive. Yes, it is as serious as that, a van blocking the tunnel (probably parked directly under the rwy), what are the authorities expected to think?
Plane stupid or plain stupid?
Reckless? No question.