It's the 1st April, bloody hell, it's come around again so quickly!
Makes the untried and untested concept of simulataneous take offs and landings on an extended 10L/27R at LHR (Jock Lowe's proposal to the Airport Commission) look emminently sensible..........
But I thought they already had then at < insert that airport that annoys you>
CDG!
No, I could never forget LHR. Putting the terminal buildings in the centre. What a clever idea. What could possibly go wrong with that?
It was at the time. Problem was that there was no concept of future-proofing or accounting for the fact that aviation would eventually take off big time.
Yet midfield terminals are fashionable at present!
Great, no crosswind.
Ah, bit of a crosswind.
Aaaaaagh, crosswind is out of limits.
Well, take off again then!!
Can't, we've got a tailwind!!!
Arrrgh, how do you do a go-around?
Maybe we should propose a big floating airport in the sea. Like a 3km long aircraft carrier with two parallel runways 1.5 km apart. Kind of like Heathrow at Sea.
Landside access is a bit of an issue through.
Boris Island?