This week we have seen a lot of commentators complain about the possibility of the Tories adopting a policy of no airport expansion. Cameron effectivel dismissed the option on Newsnight last thursday.
I think Goldsmith and Gummer should go for the idea and recommend it as a policy. They will not now I suspect.
Personally I do not want more and more plane noise in the skies of the south east. I do not think the benefits of huge airports are all they are cracked up to be.
Yes we need airports that business find easy to use and commute from. London's financial centre must be cared for. We also should have a pleasant experience when going on holiday. Nothing controversial there.
However we do not need to further develop the UK as the centre of a hub and spoke system for major carriers. Why do we do this. The revenue gained is not vast, the jobs created by it are not inspiring and a large chunk filled by EU migrant labour. The environmental and nosie pollution outweighs any other benefit.
Getting rid of the hub and spoke system would create a bit of space in busy landing slots. Once that is done we should indeed scrap most internal flights. This would free up yet more landing slots and prevent the need for expansion. It would also force everyone to upgrade our other transport infrastructure that is not now good enough.
Having the UK as a global aviation hub is just nuts and not related to it being a global financial centre.
Go for it Gummer.
I think Goldsmith and Gummer should go for the idea and recommend it as a policy. They will not now I suspect.
Personally I do not want more and more plane noise in the skies of the south east. I do not think the benefits of huge airports are all they are cracked up to be.
Yes we need airports that business find easy to use and commute from. London's financial centre must be cared for. We also should have a pleasant experience when going on holiday. Nothing controversial there.
However we do not need to further develop the UK as the centre of a hub and spoke system for major carriers. Why do we do this. The revenue gained is not vast, the jobs created by it are not inspiring and a large chunk filled by EU migrant labour. The environmental and nosie pollution outweighs any other benefit.
Getting rid of the hub and spoke system would create a bit of space in busy landing slots. Once that is done we should indeed scrap most internal flights. This would free up yet more landing slots and prevent the need for expansion. It would also force everyone to upgrade our other transport infrastructure that is not now good enough.
Having the UK as a global aviation hub is just nuts and not related to it being a global financial centre.
Go for it Gummer.
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