RE: LHR faces over night flight ban

I’ve spoken to some people opposed to aircraft noise around Heathrow. They moved there when there were much fewer flights. The main complaint from some residents is that the noise is non-stop throughout the day.

I asked them what a solution to their problem would be… the reply I got was to distribute the flights to several other airports on the outskirts of London. I told them it’d never work because it would be an air traffic nightmare to have all these aircraft coming from several airports. What do you think?

I did a survey of aircraft noise around Leeds/Bradford Airport. OK, the scale of operation isn’t as big as Heathrow. But I found that the aircraft noise didn’t bother most people, as they’d lived in the area for so long, they’d got used to it.