I am not sure if the BBC is for or against aviation??
see for yourself:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ican/A1181783
headsethair
17th Dec 2003, 16:43
The BBC is merely offering a public service by giving advice to those who want to oppose airport expansion. The arguments FOR expansion are always well-funded by commercial interests, to the extent that the against argument gets (literally) bulldozed.
For the past year (since the White Paper consultation restarted) BAA, BA and all the other airlines have joined hands, invested in expensive lobbyists and brought all their pressure to bear on the government.
Remember - this decision will be rubber-stamped by MPs who all receive free car parking at BAA sites.
So - let's not read anything too dark into the BBC's one page of advice........you don't want to open the can of worms that's festering in Westminster.
Oh and HAPPY DECEMBER 17 to all. The 100th Anniversary etc... How far we've come. As I write commercial airlines which can't make decent profits despite tax-free fuel want to expand their ops into areas where they are not wanted........and the CAA is doing its darndest to ensure that private helicopter pilots remained confined to the UK.
And the world's fastest passenger plane (paid for by the taxpayer) is being dismantled into bits for a final journey by truck to a museum destination.
The Brothers would be proud of what they started.