who is right, in this on going saga, the people who live under the flight path, or the guys who want to make jobs or dosh. the unions want it, i dont live in london so it wont bother me ,but what is the best course in the long term 
do we need a new runway
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as long as its flat when i come back to blighty who gives a flying bonny lad 
To be honest i'm not a big fan of flying so if they were to demolish Heathrow altogether it wouldn't bother me in the slightest - it'd just be more peaceful next time i'm wandering around Windsor, Ascot etc...
What i can't understand is that when the government are keen on us all reducing our 'carbon footprint' how can an extra runway at the country's busiest airport help that? If the airport can't cope with the number of flights it currently handles then it will have to reduce the number of flights, increasing demand, and therefore prices, and so less people will be able to fly - reducing carbon footprints left right and centre.
I don't think it'd be the end of the world if we have to live without another runway at Heathrow.
What i can't understand is that when the government are keen on us all reducing our 'carbon footprint' how can an extra runway at the country's busiest airport help that? If the airport can't cope with the number of flights it currently handles then it will have to reduce the number of flights, increasing demand, and therefore prices, and so less people will be able to fly - reducing carbon footprints left right and centre.
I don't think it'd be the end of the world if we have to live without another runway at Heathrow.
Too right.
The other thing is there is way too many 'local' flights available. Flying from Gatwick to Newcastle for example, stop being a lazy c**t and get on a train
I've never understood that anyway - by the time you've got to the airport, checked in and sorted any baggage, boarded, waited for take off and then the opposite at the other end surely it would be easier and quicker using another form of transport?
Dosnt that depend on how close you are to the train station / Airport.
Are the people complaing about noise the same as the people taht buy a property on a main road, then complain about it.
Yeah i guess so - it was more the time spent at the airport compared to a train station i was getting at. Train stops, get off, job done!
Agree about people complaing about the noise. I live on the flight path to Manchester Airport (which is admitedly not as busy as Heathrow, but busy enough) and you just get used to the noise anyway, hardly notice it to be honest. If you buy a house near to something noisy - expect it to make some noise.
They want the planes to take off not stay on the ground
Goes without saying... doesn't it?
I thought it had a motor?
They want the planes to take off not stay on the ground
They will not stay on the ground..........
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Quite right trazor. I gave a comprehensive answer to this in Softus' most recent post on the subject. It is a simple matter of Tim baiting the hook and then reeling em in!They want the planes to take off not stay on the ground
They will not stay on the ground..........
At busy times aircraft are wasting fuel queueing on the ground for their slot to take off and worse still, others are queueing in the air for their slot to land. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7196158.stm
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