On Wed, 08 May 2013 08:38:45 -0500
Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
Given that many people choose to change planes somewhere, the best places
quickly tun into "hubs", irrespective of whether they are Heathrow,
Frankfurt, Paris etc.

Indeed, and while Heathrow is the busiest of the three, it has to squeeze
the traffic on to just two runways, while the latter two have four each. It
needs four, too.

And when those 4 fill up then what? 6? 8? Where do you stop? When half of
Berkshire is paved over and millions of peoples lives are blighted by aircraft
noise and pollution just so you can save a few hours getting to some non
essential destination - which ironically is probably for rest and relaxation
purposes?

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Spud