Topic: | Re:Re:Re:3rd runway noise in Chiswick | |
Posted by: | Tim Henderson | |
Date/Time: | 02/02/08 16:16:00 |
I'm not quite sure about your train of thought, but have you allowed for the claimed decreases in noise with the newer generations of planes. I suspect that the fleet mix modelled for 2030 will not include many of the noisy planes flying today (in the same way that air pollution from cars has been airbrushed away by 2030 by invoking new lower Euro pollution standards.) How much confidence we can have in jam-tomorrow pollution-free cars and noiseless planes is a matter of personal judgement. I would have been happier if the assumptions in the consultation had been more explicit and I'd had a bit more experience of the A380 flying over me (Singapore flights into Heathrow start on March 18th). |