We need to put our children's future and the environment before the profits of an airport.
Saturday 20th Oct
Learn about global warming, what it means to you and your children. Learn what you can do about it.
Workshops and discussions start at 13:00pm
Lead speaker David Drew MP also talks and workshops from:
Transition Town Stroud
Plane Stupid
Seeds of Change
Stop Bristol Airport Expansion
Bio Fuel watch
Sunday 21st Oct
Peaceful protest against the airport's impacts on noise, the environment, and the area's image
The airport claims "only a small minority are opposed to the development," Come and show them that you are not part of a small minority by making your voice heard.
This campaign is about more than an airport. It is about our resolve to adapt to climate change.
You can come and camp for the weekend, or just come for the Saturday or Sunday.
For more information email CampForTheFuture@btinternet.com
Map to the airport is below or Click here for directions - The camp will be directly opposite the entrance to the airport on Bramfurlong Lane
for more on the airport see http://kevsclimatecolumn.blogspot.com/ and http://www.case-online.org.uk/
8 comments:
Staverton is a very special place because the local Chamber of Commerce promoting airport expansion believes that climate change is a hoax and has written to local councillors and MPs to put them right on the science. Not even BAA is that thick.
ur wasting ur time.
the airport is not expanding. it has no plans to extend the runway.
check the real facts rather than trust some eco-warriors imagination.
http://www.gloucestershireairport.co.uk/FAQ.php
As pointless as it is, have a good weekend!
Some facts from the airport business plan :
"Increase the landing distance available (LDA) on runway 27 from 997 metres to around 1160 metes, making it suitable for a wide range of popular business aircraft as well as regional passenger aircraft in the 20-80 seater range."
"The improvements to the runway declared distance could be expected to quickly attract larger business aircraft that cannot currently use or are severely restricted in their use of the airport". (originally p.23)"
"With the commissioning of the ILS on runway 27, instrument training traffic could be expected to increase dramatically, almost immediately."
Looks like an expansion to me.
Is jaguarge388 stupid or just pretending to be? Even the airport has said it wants to expand private jet services and introduce new schedule routes to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin.
Does jaguargr388 really think that the airport will spend £3million on a safety enhancement, when that is more than the value of the airports assets. If they were that worried about safety, they would simply stop larger planes landing.
Sorry, I’m not stupid. In fact I’m far more educated in this subject than you probably are.
Increasing the landing distance doesn’t mean making a runway longer. Put simply, it means moving a white line 150m up an already tarmac'ed surface so that aircraft have an easier landing approach.
ILS is a system that allows aircraft to land in severe weather. It’s a safety measure that helps guide pilots in. it does not mean the start of huge numbers of new traffic. The aircraft that land at Gloucester with ILS now, could have done so before it was introduced.
The idea that routes to Scotland and Ireland will be introduced are not viable. With the close proximity of Bristol and Birmingham airports, there’s no demand for any such flights. There is no benefit whatsoever to any operators, the airport or the people of Gloucestershire if such flights did exist.
The land alone that the airfield occupies is itself a goldmine to housing developers desperately looking for space around Gloucestershire, so the assets of the airfield are far more than just 3 million. The airport is spending money because the Civil Aviation Authority deems the current situation unsafe. UK aviation has an impeccable history of safety, and these sorts of actions are done to keep it that way.
Just because I work in this industry, please don’t see me as some ignorant gas guzzling person who does not care about the environment. I try my best to do my bit and I admit I worry about the problems that arise from huge airlines and high altitude international flights.
Instead of hassling small businesses such as those at Staverton, I think we should turn our attention to places such as China who are currently building one power station a week to fuel their rapid growth.
The adjacent stretch of the M5 next to the airport will always damage the environment far more in 1 day than the airport will ever do in 1 month. (Expansion or no expansion)
Jaguargr33,
You really do need to get your facts together. Read the airports business plan, it is absolutely clear. They will extend the runway a small amount, that will give them the run off distance that they need to fully utilise the entire length of the runway.
The usable length now increases to the point that larger turbo props can use the airport. This opens a completely new market segment over my heads.
It is niave to think that there is no market because Bristol and Birmingham are close. Have you ever tried to drive to these places, it can be almost impossible in the traffic and both of these airports are near full capacity. Gloucestershire and a large population which is unserved by an airport. The market potential is significantly large.
I know full well what an ILS system is. As you are in the aviation business, it should occur to you that you would not want to run a scheduled service into an airport without ILS availablity. It is simply a prerequisite of doing aviation business these days. The market that the airport is going for is not going to come to much if every time there is heavy rain or low clouds incoming planes are diverted to Bristol or Birmingham.
You are right that we should turn our attention to China. But what would China say if we were not even prepared to stop a trivial airort on our doorstep from expanding.
Likewise with the airports old arguement on about the M5. You are possibly right about the M5 doing more damge, but then it is used by more people. Also, I would challenge you to stop the M5. You will find that it is much easier to stop a stupid thing starting than to stop a stupid thing continuing.
Oh Jaguargr, by the way, I doubt that you are more educated on the subject than I am.
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