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[email protected] · December 20th 18, 11:15 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:54:23 +0000
Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 20/12/2018 11:34, wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:33:58 +0000
Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 20/12/2018 09:37, wrote:
All the stupid get-away sheep were on the news bleating about how they'd
had
to wait overnight etc blah blah. About time these ****ers suffered some of
the distruption they cause other people in the area who arn't so dumb as to

go
away at xmas time but have to suffer all the extra noise and pollution. And

no
doubt in a few days we'll have the usual live report from the M1 or M6 as
another flock of sheep all head off out on the motorways at the same time
then
act surprised when there are massive traffic jams.

To be fair, it's hard to say that people have been surprised by the
presence of Gatwick - it's been around longer than most people have been
alive and modern planes are far quieter than older models.

Slightly quieter but a lot lot more of them. Gatwick is the busiest single
runway airport in europe, possibly the world.

So? I'm not realistically sure what difference it makes if it's one
noisy plane every 15 minutes, or 5 quieter planes every 3 minutes - it's
still nigh on continuous noise.

1 plane every now and then is hardly continous noise. And its not just noise -
anyone who's been near an airport has smelt the kerosene fumes that drift
along with the wind and can make some people feel sick.

The trains being what they are these days, some people might be forced into
it if their boss has given them an ultimatum - turn up on time or look for a
new job.

I didn't specify the transport form - it's impossible to size a railway
for everyone commuting 50 miles each way on that either.

If we still had jobs for life it would be reasonable to expect people to move
near to where they work. Unfortunately we don't.