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Topic: Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.
Posted by: Peter Goodhew
Date/Time: 26/11/07 23:58:00

Anyone who has traveled much will realise that this whole proposal is one big joke.  Other major international airports that attempt to carry similar numbers of passengers (Paris, Amsterdam, Denver, Chicago) have 5 or 6 runways, not 3!

Heathrow is undoubtedly the worst airport experience in the world.  This is because it is hopelessly overstretched.  The terminals are too cramped and small, the parking is inadequate, the access roads are pathetic, the queues for security humiliating. There just isn't enough space to fit everything in.  If the expansion plans were to provide improved facilities without increasing flights and/or passenger numbers then there might be some hope of the Heathrow experience getting closer to that of other, better  planned and better-managed airports.  However, they plan to double the flights and passengers.  This won't solve the problem - it will just make the mess twice as big as it is now. By the time that it is built we will all realise that yet further expansion is needed to make it tolerable - the problem is that there is nowhere else to go (unless they convert the M3, M25 and M4 into runways too).


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:00:00 Gary Watson
   Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:05:00 Sara Nathan
      Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:14:00 Gary Watson
      Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:15:00 Will Watson
         Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:23:00 Bernadette Paul
            Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:37:00 Malcolm Peltu
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:46:00 Gary Watson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 16:28:00 Ed Yelland
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 08:55:00 Bernadette Paul
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 09:04:00 Gary Watson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:38:00 Gary Watson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:47:00 Andy Rooney
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:09:00 Gary Watson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 16:02:00 Andy Rooney
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 16:10:00 Gary Watson
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 16:22:00 Andy Rooney
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 16:32:00 Ed Yelland
         Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 14:34:00 Gary Watson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:13:00 Will Watson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:24:00 Gary Watson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:25:00 Martin Williams
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:29:00 Gary Watson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:29:00 Gary Watson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:31:00 Gary Watson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:35:00 John Mc Cann
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:51:00 Gary Watson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:46:00 Richard Jennings
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 15:54:00 Gary Watson
                        I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 16:19:00 Verification Required
                           Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 16:25:00 Yeshim Harris
                           Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 07:37:00 Gary Watson
   Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not)26/11/07 16:41:00 Richard Greenhough
      Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not)26/11/07 20:49:00 Paul Morris
      Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not)27/11/07 07:47:00 Gary Watson
         Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not)27/11/07 08:26:00 Peter Goodhew
            Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not)27/11/07 08:35:00 Gary Watson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not)27/11/07 19:03:00 David Fox
   Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.26/11/07 23:58:00 Peter Goodhew
      Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 07:54:00 Gary Watson
         Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion. (NOT)27/11/07 08:49:00 Yeshim Harris
            Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion. (NOT)27/11/07 08:57:00 Gary Watson
      Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 09:00:00 Martin Whaley
         Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 09:12:00 Gary Watson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 10:23:00 Tina Gallacher
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.27/11/07 10:26:00 Gary Watson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 10:47:00 Richard Greenhough
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 11:22:00 Sammy Todd
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 11:25:00 Will Watson
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 11:47:00 Jason Knights
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 11:50:00 Gary Watson
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 13:24:00 Guy Lambert
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 16:01:00 Sarah Harty
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 16:11:00 Guy Lambert
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 16:23:00 Sarah Harty
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 16:52:00 Jonathan Bingham
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 18:15:00 Tom Pike
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 16:20:00 Ed Yelland
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 13:17:00 Richard Greenhough
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 20:30:00 Paul Morris
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).27/11/07 23:34:00 Tom Pike
                                 Near Kew or Far Kew>28/11/07 07:34:00 Gary Watson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).28/11/07 10:15:00 Jonathan Bingham
                                    Local Conservatives oppose Heathrow expansion28/11/07 12:06:00 David Giles
                                       Re:Local Conservatives oppose Heathrow expansion28/11/07 12:55:00 Gary Watson
                                    "Westerly preference"28/11/07 13:06:00 Brendan McCarthy
                                       Re:"Westerly preference"28/11/07 13:36:00 Pete Higginson
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).28/11/07 13:40:00 Tom Pike
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).28/11/07 13:54:00 Richard Jennings
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).28/11/07 14:35:00 Tom Pike
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).28/11/07 14:43:00 Yeshim Harris
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).28/11/07 14:50:00 Gary Watson
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).28/11/07 15:18:00 Martin Whaley
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion (not).29/11/07 07:19:00 Gary Watson
                                                       Benefits of Heathrow Expansion to Current Passengers "negligible" - DfT29/11/07 07:57:00 Tom Pike
                                                         Re: Benefits of Heathrow Expansion to Current Passengers "negligible" - DfT29/11/07 08:45:00 Gary Watson
                                                            Re:Re: Benefits of Heathrow Expansion to Current Passengers "negligible" - DfT29/11/07 08:54:00 Tom Pike
                                                               Re:Re:Re: Benefits of Heathrow Expansion to Current Passengers "negligible" - DfT29/11/07 09:02:00 Gary Watson
   Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.29/11/07 10:45:00 Paul Hazeltine
   Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.29/11/07 10:46:00 Paul Hazeltine
      Re:Re:I'm all for Heathrow expansion.29/11/07 11:51:00 Pete Higginson
         I'm all for Heathrow contraction.29/11/07 18:33:00 Martin James Bleach

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