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Well Loony Boris and Machievellian may both have lots of LHR workers in their constituencies. Plus lots and lots of corp execs and IT people who live in those areas and work there and are not going to want to go to Gatwick to fly to AMS so in my opinion representing a constituency near LHR makes them much more likely to be pro LHR.
Of course this forum often made the point that LHR expansion taking decades made UK laughing stock of the world , well it s got quite bit of competion at the moment with brexit, Boris and England 1-iceland 2, the latter being a perfect metaphor for our place in the world at the moment . Very bloody sad.
Can the third runway argument be delayed again ?
Of course this forum often made the point that LHR expansion taking decades made UK laughing stock of the world , well it s got quite bit of competion at the moment with brexit, Boris and England 1-iceland 2, the latter being a perfect metaphor for our place in the world at the moment . Very bloody sad.
Can the third runway argument be delayed again ?
From 2009:
"newly appointed shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling [is] said to have privately voiced concerns over the party's opposition to expansion over Heathrow"
Tories at odds over plans for third runway at Heathrow | UK Politics | News | The Independent
"newly appointed shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling [is] said to have privately voiced concerns over the party's opposition to expansion over Heathrow"
Tories at odds over plans for third runway at Heathrow | UK Politics | News | The Independent
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The absence of Justine Greening is interesting though.
Maidenhead isn't THAT close to LHR in comparison to Putney.
May knows she needs strategic decision making in the national interest rather than what works as a local MP. She's also got Boris by the Johnson IMHO.
Gatwick makes no commercial sense realistically and do nothing is not a realistic option. However predictions are a losers game in this weather.
Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign AFFAIRS #geddit
What about Justine Greening for Transport ? Hasn't that remit still to be announeed ?
The idea that anyone living within a short distance of LHR is against expansion is just wrong. Many of the people that rely on Heathrow for income live in Maidenhead and the surrounding areas.
Richmond Park wasn't included, maybe too far from the airport, but the opinion there is well known thanks to Zac Goldsmith.
Can the third runway argument be delayed again ?
From 2009:
"newly appointed shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling [is] said to have privately voiced concerns over the party's opposition to expansion over Heathrow"
Tories at odds over plans for third runway at Heathrow | UK Politics | News | The Independent
"newly appointed shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling [is] said to have privately voiced concerns over the party's opposition to expansion over Heathrow"
Tories at odds over plans for third runway at Heathrow | UK Politics | News | The Independent
But very rarely. Northbound WOBUN departures (Scottish routes and some transatlantics) turn right before reaching the NDB at Burnham. Compton departures (Ireland and other transatlantics) pass well to the south of the town.
The western edge of the WOBUN NPR swathe runs through Taplow and up towards Bourne End, so nowadays anything outbound over Maidenhead under 4000' would be one of the 2% or so departures on that SID that are classed as off-track.
Maidenhead - is a large area to the border of Windsor, so it is under 09L for arrivals, and if you draw a straight line from say 09N westwards, it will be under the easterly ops arrivals and departures, assuming NATS & CAA can work out a plan to indicate flight paths, other than LHR plan which I have to rely on.
All that can reasonably be predicted is that the flightpath will follow an S- or U-shaped curve, depending on which arrival point and which runway direction is in use.
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What I was trying to explain is that Maidenhead will receive more aircraft from a new northern runway (northern as in the south east
), on arrivals, and on departures SID to Dover will probably go from 27L and others to disperse either west or north, 09N is closer to Berkshire = Maidenhead. If ever departures go eastwards then a whole new bunch of residents will get new noise in NW London = less votes
What I was trying to explain is that Maidenhead will receive more aircraft from a new northern runway (northern as in the south east
), on arrivals, and on departures SID to Dover will probably go from 27L and others to disperse either west or north, 09N is closer to Berkshire = Maidenhead. If ever departures go eastwards then a whole new bunch of residents will get new noise in NW London = less votes
....and then they went on to discuss their forthcoming holiday in Tuscany and looking forward to the winter ski break and the family Christmas in Barbados!
When it comes to airport expansion 90% of people are hypocrites.
When it comes to airport expansion 90% of people are hypocrites.
Surely by the time any new runway is up and running, and overflying anywhere, any current politicians will be long gone from the scene.
As for the inhabitants of Maidenhead voting in Corbyn's party instead, that is just NOT going to happen ...
As for the inhabitants of Maidenhead voting in Corbyn's party instead, that is just NOT going to happen ...