Originally Posted by
ZOOKER
why don't they fill in that bit of the dock south of the runway...?
That stretch of waterway, filled in with clay and aggregates, would provide possibly 20 additional a/c stands.
Surely NATS should be working with it's customers...
Zooker, good grief, your post just highlights how ignorant you are.
Have you seen/studied the airport's master plan?
"why don't they fill in that bit of the dock south of the runway"....They are. (In actual fact it will be the same construction type as the East Apron, which added 4 stands to the airport).
"That stretch of waterway, filled in with clay and aggregates, would provide possibly 20 additional a/c stands." ...Great idea Zooker - you are such a visionary!
Just a shame the airport thought of it a long time ago (and finally received planning permission for it last year) or you could've sold them that idea...
"Surely NATS should be working with it's customers"...ummmmm, mind-boggling that you think NATS isn't. From the airport's own press release I quote "NATS, the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control services, endorses the decision to replace the existing 30-year old control tower with a digital tower".
I always try to entertain other people's point of view Zooker, but you make it really, really hard to take anything you say seriously.