Heathrow Airport and its 3rd Runway

[Scooby Do]

I thought they had just built the 5th?

[puffin]

That was a terminal not a runway, scoob.

[Libby]

And look at the chaos the opening of Terminal 5 caused!

The mind boggles what the opening of another runway might cause! More runways, more flights, more baggage - need i say more!

[Scooby Do]

Ah, sorry my bad, 2 runways, 5 terminals

Why?

[nicebutdim]

More jobs?

[Scooby Do]

Jan 15, 2009 23:09:45 GMT nicebutdim said:

More jobs?

Short term?

[Deleted]

I think that as a country we have to decide whether we are going to be a world player in this century or settle for being a backwater.
Even so I think that all those who live in the flight path who wish to move should be compensated by selling up and receiving at least £250,000 for a three- bedroom property so they can move somewhere nice. and to their liking.
It looks as though business is going to win on this occasion.

[ricklinc]

Looks like nu labour wants Britain to be a bit of a stopover between America and Europe. A transatlantic Little Chef. Shame Britain isn't a bit more in the middle.

[flatandy]

Why? Heathrow's full up and has nothing like enough spare capacity if anything at all goes wrong. Really the third runway is just adding in vital redundancy.

The problem is that BAA would then use it to expand capacity, which really isn't necessary. We don't need more flights from the UK, really.

Terminal 5 might have been chaotic for a couple of weeks, but it's pretty good now. Much, much better than anything else at Heathrow.

[fastkat]

I agree with the new runway. If you don't like living near Heathrow, the solution is simple....move away.

[luckysprite]

Dont see the problem with it myself - but then again I dont live near the Airport or on the new proposed flightpath.

The problem is about the transport infrastructure in the UK in General. If we had a better rail infrastructure then we would not need 3 (4 if you include Luton) airports in and around London. You could have 1 that had lots of runways to take up the capacity, everyone would know it was a busy noisy place and there would be no-one leaving near it except the nutter that wanted to...

[radge]

What i hate about all this lark about the protesters is that they use global warming as a reason why we shouldnt have it. The fundamental of all this in my opinion is that flying is one of the best and most amazing advances humans have managed. The world is sooo much smaller place, we can go anywhere any time if we have the finances, it opens up new worlds, new countries and cultures which in the long run only brings about acceptance and understanding that everyone is different. Flying is a beautiful thing and should be prtected until we have an alternative fuel sourec to power planes.
Its sort of like, the car was invented 100 + years ago, there are now billions of them polluting. the plane has only been available to the everyday person or open to the public for about 50 years. If we are to cut emmissions we should start where we started first, and make the car manufacturers produce cleaner vehicles and sort planes out last. But ofcourse with the amount of power automotive manufactureres have in the governments of today (which should never have been allowed) then we all pick on Aeroplanes instead. its a farce. But what this has specifically to do with a 3rd runway i dont know...im just totally ranting but making a valid point about air travel and how much of a better thing it is for humanity that travelling by car. especially when there are alternative fuel sources for cars that should be forced into production. blah blah blah shut up Radge youre boring youreself, oh sorry radge..yeah knob cheese, pish off your mother is my monkey...hmph

[flatandy]

I agree with Radge. Flying is bloody ace. And travelling quickly over long distances just isn't something that can be done in a carbon friendly way. So flying should be protected and people should sort out all the other stuff where there are alternatives, like efficient or electric cars, decent energy saving policy,l and renewable power generation.

[omnipleasant]

I'm with BA Barraccus on this.

Flying is unnatural and should be banned.

[radge]

Im of the belief if its possible it aint un-natural. We are natural, what we create is part of the natural scheme of things.

[fastkat]

I think flying is great. I love going up in the air to other countries. If birds can do, so why shouldn't humans?