End of the Runway - UK

[zxzv1]

London Heathrow is already operating to 98% capacity. Already, airlines are shifting their hubs to Paris, Amsterday, Frankfurt where the airports are huge.

Why are you Brits so old fashioned in your mindset??? If the Gov. was compensating me to be located to a better place, why not !

I have heard the news about the Thames Estuary airport or "Boris Island airport". WIsh it would come up sooner than later. Looks like a massive project, jobs for people and boost to the economy.

[TheJamesjames123]

werid most other airoports in UK are going expand but hethrow is the only one they are brotherd about . And the airoplanes waiting in the for a spot to land is good for the enivorment and hethrow is at 99% capasity

[MOLRYANAIR]

"the emissions do worry us"- excuse me, but wasnt the airport there before you bought your house, you silly woman! piss off and buy a house elsewhere and stop your moaning, bloody nimby's, with nothing better to do

[continentalmilitaria]

It will be the same working class people that will protest the fact that they need a job after they kill economic development. Besides how dim can some of them be? What on earth is that peace flag doing there? What does the peace flag have to do with a protest against a runway. I would also like to know howmany of those antipollution geniuses are smokers.

[mixmatosis]

Despite the ever-growing number of flights, Heathrow does not necessarily need a third runway. The problem could be solved with better air traffic management on the two existing runways, and by high-speed rail links between British cities. These measures would also ease gridlock on the roads around Heathrow.

[Amitabh197802]

Wrong, the airport is at over 99% capacity now, and for safety they have to allow minimum 1 minute seperation between aircraft, which is what they do presently. Please tell us o'knowledgable one how improved ATC procedures can solve this problem..... A third runway will drastically reduce hold times thus reducing CO2 emissions, its really that simple!

[BartyWilliams16]

surely when the people bought the house, they knew they were next door to europes busiest airport?

[Fantastic7896]

Its not as if the airport hasn't been there long enough. bunch of whinging NIMBY's, I have zero sympathy.

[goone1987]

exactly

[daddyofjames]

Presumably all you accusing these people of 'nimbyism' would be more than happy to have it go through where you used to live?? Thought not!

[Amitabh197802]

How many of the protesters look as though they're nonagenerians....? Hmmm...none mefinks. There's been an airfield there since WWI, and an airport since WWII, they are NIMBY's.... end of....

[daddyofjames]

Hmmm, you're quite animated over this, what exactly is your vested interest in there being a third runway at Heathrow?

[Amitabh197802]

I have absolutely no vested interest, apart from a desire to see the British economy prosper and not stagnate..... What annoys me is these NIMBYs who decide to live at various locations in the UK, be it an airfield or a racing circuit, then do nothing but moan and try quite often to get the places closed, they make me want to vomit. They have no right to complain yet all we hear is their constant griping, no-one put a gun to their heads and forced them to move there.

[danstephenson123]

These are all sad bastards and i bet a lot of people who are campaigning use the airport!!

[autopilotflight]

sounds like a load of NIMBY's. The folk need to get used to the idea.

Folks are going to be peeved at my comments, but tough... its my opinion and I'm entitled to it!

[CommanderUTube]

I used to feel for people who need to be displaced from their homes. Is not property rights sacred? But working as an Expat in Singapore and watching how efficient the Singapore government can transform infrastructure for the greater good, I am convinced that there can be cases when private property rights should give way to progress of the greater good. Provided always that a fair compensation should be given to the disinherited. No pain, no gain. But victims should still be accorded fair deal.

[simon575878]

Sorry but economics, jobs and money come first. Those old people can find new homes, not hard!! The Government needs to authorize the 3rd runway now, so its operational within the next few years. Airport expansion will happen, get over it hippies!!!

[koola2]

i completely agree with you simon757878 - anyway these hippies wouldn't be able to afford to fly from heathrow lol - they're just jeolous!

[goone1987]

hahahaha yeah

[kevsmit00]

Shows that those behind the design of the city didn't do a good enough job of forecasting the future

[OurMutualFriend]

Build it a Cliffe marshes in kent