On 22 July, 12:27, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
03:43:49 on Thu, 22 Jul 2010, Stephen Furley
remarked:

Thus far, I have not read the report. *My initial reaction to you post
is that not going to Heathrow is good. *

Why is not going to Heathrow good?

In the same way that not sticking your head down a toilet is good.

Ok, why is going to Heathrow bad? Wouldn't it enable international
arriving passengers with short-haul connections, e.g. to make these by
rail, rather than by air? Heathrow is terrible for land transport,
buses which take ages, Underground which takes ages and has little
space for luggage, or rail which only gets you to Paddington.