SOUTHEND - 3 The new beginning
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For those of you with an iPhone or iPad try Plane finder HD app. worth paying for as shows live SEN arrivals and departures including aircraft registrations and usually route details, height etc.
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Hijacked by spotters?
Looks like the new SEN thread has turned into a spotters paradise! Shouldn't spotters be in their own corner and this thread be left to those interested in SEN as a flying/career/business opportunity?
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FYI I am not a spotter as you call them merely a local to SEN who is interested in the continuing success of our local airport. I think there are too many people on here who are to quick to make negative comments about almost anything. This forum is always lively and interesting and happily most people seem to enjoy the general topics and info relating to what goes on at Southend.
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alot of things writen on here have little or no meaning to the origenal subject.this thread is about southend,spotters are welcome to post their thoughts as well as anybody else. congrats to all at SEN for makeing a distant dream come true
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asdf1234, I suspect that in normal times many people have just kept a watch on the thread and not been inspired to contribute.
Since the rapid development, SEN has created a great deal of interest and this is being expressed in various ways in this thread.
No bad thing.
Since the rapid development, SEN has created a great deal of interest and this is being expressed in various ways in this thread.
No bad thing.
Well done SEN--shows what can be done by UK PLC and good old hard work. Nice to see the airport and what is going on a on the Stobart programme on C5 on Fridays!!
a few other airports could do with the Stobart determination to succeed
a few other airports could do with the Stobart determination to succeed
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Yes, I heard some of the r/t and was under the impression that the lasers were around 4 miles from the airport. There certainly wasn't any reference to the airport boundary as far as I was aware. I just hope that there is nothing more sinister, than the obvious, about these events.
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a nostalgia look at Southend in days gone by on facebo ok.
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The locals are revolting !
Actually, they are great supporters of the airport, despite the efforts of some (read the comments).
Homes under Southend Airport flightpath urged to make compensation claims (From Echo)
Actually, they are great supporters of the airport, despite the efforts of some (read the comments).
Homes under Southend Airport flightpath urged to make compensation claims (From Echo)
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Quite amusing regarding the 'under the flightpath' complainers.
For years and years SEN maintenance companies have been maintaining geriatric noisy jets such as B707's yet as soon as some quieter state of the art jets come along they complain that these are noisy.
For years and years SEN maintenance companies have been maintaining geriatric noisy jets such as B707's yet as soon as some quieter state of the art jets come along they complain that these are noisy.
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whingers and chancers on the make
Quote: "The locals are revolting !
Actually, they are great supporters of the airport, despite the efforts of some (read the comments).
Homes under Southend Airport flightpath urged to make compensation claims (From Echo) "
This article makes interesting reading, full of stereotypes:
"professionals" drumming up trade in what appears to be in the "ambulance-chasing" tradition;
someone not bothered by, and not noticing, the increased activity jumping on the "compo" bandwagon anyway (can they be blamed?);
the councillor who did not realise her house was under a flightpath and claims she would not have moved there had she known(!), who did her conveyancing and "searchs"?
All human life is here, unbelievable!
One of the comments states: Quote: "They think they've got it bad! What about the poor people who live near Heathrow - now thats devaluing!!"
Not so! Anyone seen house prices around Heathrow! Not surprising that some Heathrow workers live as far out as Camberley or Woodley.
They all hate SEN until they use it and appreciate the convenience of not having to traipse to a large far-flung airport....
Quote: "The locals are revolting !
Actually, they are great supporters of the airport, despite the efforts of some (read the comments).
Homes under Southend Airport flightpath urged to make compensation claims (From Echo) "
This article makes interesting reading, full of stereotypes:
"professionals" drumming up trade in what appears to be in the "ambulance-chasing" tradition;
someone not bothered by, and not noticing, the increased activity jumping on the "compo" bandwagon anyway (can they be blamed?);
the councillor who did not realise her house was under a flightpath and claims she would not have moved there had she known(!), who did her conveyancing and "searchs"?
All human life is here, unbelievable!
One of the comments states: Quote: "They think they've got it bad! What about the poor people who live near Heathrow - now thats devaluing!!"
Not so! Anyone seen house prices around Heathrow! Not surprising that some Heathrow workers live as far out as Camberley or Woodley.
They all hate SEN until they use it and appreciate the convenience of not having to traipse to a large far-flung airport....
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Highly amusing, especially the Leigh council woman not realising the flightpath might be expected to follow the direction of the runway for a bit..Most people I know in leigh havnt even noticed..
Mine you there is a fair few Leigh types that are up their own arse so you can expect a bit more of this
Mine you there is a fair few Leigh types that are up their own arse so you can expect a bit more of this
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Pax Figures for March
Passenger figures for March just released - the final month before easyJet services started. SEN had 96 passenger flights with 2971 passengers, 2511 of whom were on the Waterford service. Last March 1480 people flew on the LTN service and 516 on the SEN.
Over the past twelve months 48,708 passengers have passed through the airport. It will be interesting to see the figures in a year's time - if we're all spared, of course.....
Over the past twelve months 48,708 passengers have passed through the airport. It will be interesting to see the figures in a year's time - if we're all spared, of course.....
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So the overall effect is RE have grown passenger numbers LON-WAT, despite all the disparriaging comments on pprune and people saying LTN was their only hope! And given the fact the flights are now distributed through EI's website as well as their own I think numbers will only continue to grow, probably out of both LON hubs. Be very interesting to see how the SEN-DUB flights perform.
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Yes, but I've got to correct the LTN figures shown on my previous post. In March 2011 there were 2106 Waterford pax from LTN and 516 from SEN, total 2622. In March 2012 there were 1480 from LTN and 2511 from SEN, total 3991.