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LTNman let me refresh your mind.
The write-off of £187m was based on a 40 year time period at a then cost of £268m and not the £309m it actually cost. Don’t forget that the Dart has substantial yearly costs including staff, energy, maintenance, and interest payments.
As for the Labour Party in Luton. They have been placed in Special Measures by the Labour Party’s NEC due to fractional infighting for the last 2 years. One of the Labour Councillors, who is a barrister, was deselected for whistle blowing after exposing the alleged illegal activities of the planning committee in their decision making. Let’s remember who has approved Luton Airport planning applications up until now.
The great goal of the Council is to end poverty by 2040 yet LRT has spent half a billion pounds and has yet to creat a single job apart from those at LRT. Now if that money had been invested into the town maybe poverty could have been ended years earlier?
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My first trip on the DART a few days ago. What I noticed more than anything else was that the trains are driverless, but there seem to be numerous members of staff at both stations. The ride was fast and smooth, but expensive as my bus pass had to be pre-authorised some time in advance of travel.
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One of the great mysteries of life is that the Dart has a massive forecourt at Parkway yet the locals and airport workers are banned from using it unless they work on the Dart. Just to make it even more challenging they don’t want people stopping on the road to be dropped off or picked up as residents are confronted by double yellow lines with no bays.
The people of Luton might have paid for it but they are discouraged from using the Dart.
The people of Luton might have paid for it but they are discouraged from using the Dart.
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But as Tesco keep telling us 'every little helps' and there really is for the most part no NEED for these exec jet flights no matter which side of the Atlantic.
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That's how big business works, can't tell me the hundreds if helicopter flights were just company directors. If you are a petrol head and have some money you are going to jump at it. Same as following a football team, going to the horse races Etc. Etc.
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Oh come on. Those petrol heads you refer to are people of serious wealth or those who can write off the cost as a legitimate expense. If your broader point is that hundreds or thousands of sports fans, particularly football (not Luton) fans are willing to spend a grand on a return LCC to a huge European game their team is involved in, that I accept.
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Oh come on. Those petrol heads you refer to are people of serious wealth or those who can write off the cost as a legitimate expense. If your broader point is that hundreds or thousands of sports fans, particularly football (not Luton) fans are willing to spend a grand on a return LCC to a huge European game their team is involved in, that I accept.
And if you note the majority of flights by BizJets at Luton on Sunday were from around the world. Perhaps we should shut our doors, we are being green.
Employees around Milton Keynes will thank you for that when the cutting edge engineering & technology jobs disappear.
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As per normal it is the little people who will be expected to change their lifestyles. They are the ones who can't afford to fly even once a year but will be expected to encompass a green way of life while the wealthy just carry on flying into Luton in their 2's and 3's.
So how much Co2 does a couple of full A321 generate carrying say 478 passengers between them vs 124 biz jets carrying I expect less passengers in total on a similar route?
So how much Co2 does a couple of full A321 generate carrying say 478 passengers between them vs 124 biz jets carrying I expect less passengers in total on a similar route?
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Tour de France is only there to promote the most expensive push bikes you can imagine.
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As per normal it is the little people who will be expected to change their lifestyles. They are the ones who can't afford to fly even once a year but will be expected to encompass a green way of life while the wealthy just carry on flying into Luton in their 2's and 3's.
So how much Co2 does a couple of full A321 generate carrying say 478 passengers between them vs 124 biz jets carrying I expect less passengers in total on a similar route?
So how much Co2 does a couple of full A321 generate carrying say 478 passengers between them vs 124 biz jets carrying I expect less passengers in total on a similar route?
Let's close Farnborough, Biggin, Oxford, Cranfield & Northolt for anything other than military. Whilst on that, obsolete disgrace some American produces unnecessary movements at Stansted all week, could he not meet everyone on Zoom?
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There were two Ryanair 737s diverted in this afternoon from Stansted due to Joe Bidens departure. There were a large number of aircraft holding for quite a considerable time. A Jet2 A321 diverted to Birmingham. I bet messrs Meeson and O'Leary were not to happy.