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MNManInKen Aug 29, 2012 3:07 am
Originally Posted by BOH (Post 19214456)
A baffling (but highly predictable for a politician) statement.
Oh, I don't know, it's pretty much what you'd expect from modern politicians. Most of them seem to be career politicians precisely because they're pretty useless at anything else. :D

There was another moron on the today programme this morning saying, in the context of connecting flights, that there was "plenty" of capacity at other airports. Not sure he's ever taken a connecting flight in his life. :rolleyes:

Jimmie76 Aug 29, 2012 3:22 am
Originally Posted by MNManInKen (Post 19214460)
Oh, I don't know, it's pretty much what you'd expect from modern politicians. Most of them seem to be career politicians precisely because they're pretty useless at anything else. :D

There was another moron on the today programme this morning saying, in the context of connecting flights, that there was "plenty" of capacity at other airports. Not sure he's ever taken a connecting flight in his life. :rolleyes:
So that would be like FR having a connecting flight when you land at STN (London North) and the next one goes from LGW (London South)?

BOH Aug 29, 2012 3:25 am
Originally Posted by Jimmie76 (Post 19214489)
So that would be like FR having a connecting flight when you land at STN (London North) and the next one goes from LGW (London South)?
No, no....London (North) is Prestwick in FR speak ;)

Jimmie76 Aug 29, 2012 3:26 am
Originally Posted by BOH (Post 19214456)
I did despair at a quote by Justine Greening I heard today. It was (and I paraphrase) that "it is time to build on the growing consensus that a third runway is not desirable" - but the best bit was "and anyway, it is not a proper full-length runway so has very limited benefits as it will not be able to take the larger planes at LHR"

But she completely fails to mention that by the new R3 handling a good deal of the NB and short-haul WB aircraft it will free up a significant number of take-off and landing slots on the existing full-length pair of runways....so still providing a very worthwhile overall capacity increase.

A baffling (but highly predictable for a politician) statement by her
I always remember that someone once said politicians are rarely fit for purpose, and become even less so when they become a minister.

T8191 Aug 29, 2012 3:27 am
I find it discomfiting that Ms Greening has such a shallow understanding of her brief. Or perhaps she just parrots what her "Sir Humphrey" tells her to say.

Jimmie76 Aug 29, 2012 3:27 am
Originally Posted by BOH (Post 19214496)
No, no....London (North) is Prestwick in FR speak ;)
So BRS is London West? :D

T8191 Aug 29, 2012 3:30 am
Originally Posted by Jimmie76 (Post 19214502)
So BRS is London West? :D
No, that's Oxford International ;)

Jimmie76 Aug 29, 2012 3:31 am
Originally Posted by T8191 (Post 19214501)
I find it discomfiting that Ms Greening has such a shallow understanding of her brief. Or perhaps she just parrots what her "Sir Humphrey" tells her to say.
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party had a manifesto promise one election that said to work in the treasury you would have to have maths qualifications. Sounds very sensible in my book to apply that to all of them.

Jimmie76 Aug 29, 2012 3:32 am
Originally Posted by T8191 (Post 19214507)
No, that's Oxford International ;)
Do they seriously fly from there?

visualAd Aug 29, 2012 3:39 am
I can only imagine the looks on tourists faces when they arrive at 'London Oxford' to find they need travel 30mins on a bus and another 1.5hrs on a train to reach the west of central London.

flyingcrazy Aug 29, 2012 2:19 pm
I love watching the third runway ripping apart the Conservative Party. Serves this party full of self interested idiots right for having such a stupid manifesto pledge in the first place.

I wonder how air head Cameron is going to deal with it?

The _Banking_Scot Aug 29, 2012 3:44 pm
Originally Posted by flyingcrazy (Post 19217947)
I wonder how air head Cameron is going to deal with it?
Hi,

Probably by having another consultation period which will last until after the next general election?:rolleyes::p

Regards

TBS

Fruitcake Aug 29, 2012 4:10 pm
Originally Posted by flyingcrazy (Post 19217947)
I love watching the third runway ripping apart the Conservative Party. Serves this party full of self interested idiots right for having such a stupid manifesto pledge in the first place.

I wonder how air head Cameron is going to deal with it?
Well, exactly, it was designed to capture votes on the flightpath. End of. Totally wrong that policy should be made like this and that Greening and Osborne say we can consider any option except R3.

FenLandK Aug 29, 2012 5:38 pm
Originally Posted by Jimmie76 (Post 19214516)
Do they seriously fly from there?
OXF does now seem to be referred to as London Oxford Airport, at least according to their website: http://www.oxfordairport.co.uk/

As to what flies from there, that's another matter :)

jerumagrinberga Aug 29, 2012 7:23 pm
Originally Posted by FenLandK (Post 19219126)
OXF does now seem to be referred to as London Oxford Airport, at least according to their website: http://www.oxfordairport.co.uk/

As to what flies from there, that's another matter :)

Hey! Manx2 flies from there with tiny turboprops.


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