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On Jan 15, 3:45 pm, Roland Perry wrote:

From these remarks I can see you are completely out of touch with
reality. Although large volumes of "grunt trading" can be done
hands-off, you can generally only set up the initial relationships in
person.

I'm not saying theres *no* business travel, but the amount of
essential business travel is minute compared to the overall traffic
flows at heathrow. When you turn up at the airport how many people do
you see in suits compared to jeans and t-shirts with optional kids in
tow? Ok , some are off in first or business class lounges but thats a
small minority compared to economy.

Most C, J and F class pax check-in online, travel with little luggage
and go straight to the lounge, so they're not visible for long (though
that can be a bit of hike in LHR T5, as you have to come down and then
go up again after going through security -- they don't want you to
bypass the shops). And most no longer wear suits to fly.

And, of course, many/most Y class LHR pax are also travelling on
business, specially on the European routes (leisure pax take a more
convenient, cheaper flight from their local airport). You don't see many
families in LHR, except those travelling on long-haul routes which only
fly from Heathrow.