Originally Posted by
msjh
A poor decision. Traffic around West London and associated motorways to become even slower. Ongoing noise and pollution for millions of Londoners. And the small but non-zero risk that one day, on approach or departure a plane will crash into a highly populated area, whereas at Gatwick it might hit some cows.
Heathrow is much closer to me than Gatwick, but it's a poor choice.
So cows are less important than humans, eh?
Good point, esp if combined with a high speed LHR-LGW rail link, but I guess it's all going to be at LHR.