Originally Posted by
JohnnyP
I think it was Henry Kissinger who said, "Give me heaven or give me hell, but don't make me go through Heathrow." I would tend to concur. A few years ago, I transferred from a ORD-LHR flight to a LHR-DUB flight on BMI. After a 30 minute search for a bus, a ride through the dark bowels of the airport, and four (yes, FOUR) security checkpoints, we finally made it.
Kissinger rather liked Heathrow, and was a frequent Concorde passenger:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3206528.stm
So I am not sure where your made-up quotation came from.