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@@JosephLycettCycling I m no Labour voter but youre wrong, this lot are the worst, most incompetent government we ve ever had, ever, so Labour under Starmer would do better, thats not saying much - a turd on a stick could do better than Johnson and his band of inept, lying English nationalists.
@@JosephLycettCycling Literally a small dog with brain damage would've done a better job. Having no government would've been better, so yes I think they probably would have.
"why are you here? I don't even make any videos." well you see you profile picture is a Rubik's cube so I thought I found another cuber on a random video on the internet
My dad works in the aviation industry and it’s really incredible how well Heathrow operates even with just two runways, they’ve got all this fancy technology and staff dedicated to ordering planes perfectly so that they can reduce minimum times between landings. It’s quite incredible already, and there’s plans to change the system to operate as effectively a twin-single runway system to increase the capacity just a little bit extra.
This is the inverse for the phrase " up to.." As evinced in the advertising for the course in LLap Goch (the Welsh art of self defence)... From their advertising bumf.. Llap Goch will help you to:- DEVELOP UP TO 38" BICEPS GROW UP TO 12" TALLER LOSE UP TO 40" OF FAT IN YOUR FIRST WORK-OUT! PROLONG YOUR LIFE BY UP TO 1,000 YEARS GO TO BED WITH UP TO ANY LUDICROUS NUMBER OF GIRLS YOU CARE TO THINK OF PROVIDING YOU REALIZE THIS STATEMENT IS QUITE MEANINGLESS AS THE PHRASE "UP TO" CLEARLY INCLUDES THE NUMBER "NOUGHT".
it's the same as people making houses close to an highway and then later complain about the noise as the traffic increases on the highway... it comes economic positives of being that close to an "transport hub" but as with everything in life, if a house to almost to good at the front the back garden is always rubbish.
Some people can't afford to live anywhere else because they've already payed off all their mortgage, especially as house prices have sky rocketed since the village was built, plus it would mean potentially having to leave London just to find a decent living area. But then again why not just build one in the reservoir? That way we only have animals to move rather than angry SJW's.
I am very impressed with that shot at 7:51. You had just one take to get it right before the ship passed, and you nailed it. More impressively, you managed to resist finishing your martini while waiting for the ship. 8:56 Wiser words were never spoken.
This genuinely happened to me a while back: Got to Gatwick on an overnight flight from America and we had to wait for the plane steps to be moved away from the gate. Only in Britain.
Thinking about it, this could genuinely work. Use above ground runways for landing and underground runways with ramps above ground at the end for lift off. There might be some safety implications being in a tunnel but if it's big and developed enough it could be a great idea.
5:14 One, wait no, Two corrections: 1. Narita isn't on reclaimed land, it was built inland far from the city center. The one you were talking about is probably Haneda, where land was reclaimed next to the city center. 2. The order you said was Kansai, Narita (Actually Haneda), Chubu, Nagasaki, but the images are actually Haneda, Kansai, Chubu, and presumably Nagasaki (Idk how Nagasaki Airport looks like, never been there)
I quite agree. Of the many series Jay's done, this one's been particularly interesting. I do hope he comes back to this at some point. There's bound to be so many more stories of London expansion plans that never came to be. For instance, wasn't there a scheme back in the 19th Century to build a colossal central railway station in the middle of London where all incoming trains could meet in the same place rather than at 19 different termini scattered all over?
Chicago Midway International Airport finds itself in a much similar predicament to London Heathrow. Despite having more runways than Heathrow does currently, they have the disadvantage of being noticeably short, leading to rougher landings and steeper takeoffs. However, these problems would largely become irrelevant by around the 1960s, when Chicago O’Hare became the city’s main airport, due to its larger size and capacity. Midway nowadays operates as the secondary airport of the city, mainly serving as a hub for Southwest Airlines.
That's true... Hamburg Airport also was when I was there last time (last saturday) emptier than Kassel Airport (where no planes start from)... during holiday season.
But I think the one strip Doha airport supposed to reopen next year for the FIFA or Eurocup. It will be used to supplement Hamad. After that, the two airports might finally merge.
Every time I hear that all I can think is Stansted and Luton's baggage retrieval systems are so so so much worse! I've waited over an hour at both for checked luggage to get off the plane!
1:38 i landed at Schipol once and was utterly confused by the 10minutes it took to taxi to the terminal from the runway, across fields and over a motorway... Looking at the location of runway 6 it now all makes sense 😂
Seriously? Is that the latest wildly exaggerated figure that the scaremongers have come out with? I know construction costs have got a habit of going up, but I don't believe they can have virtually quadrupled!
In case anyone was wondering, the commision in Parliament mentioned in this video decided to add a third runway to Heathrow with a legally binding limit on noise, time restraints, and a promise to never build a 4th runway
Except, unsurprisingly, the government's response was to procrastinate further. The fact that many of their MPs have constituencies under the flight paths to Heathrow is probably mere coincidence... (yeah, right, sure, as if...)
Indeed. As soon as a new government comes in they'll change their mind and say "ah that was a promise of the last lot, not binding now". Happens all the time.
Jay has shaped my sense of humour, his comedy-documentary style is so informative yet hilarious. The government should make the days Jay uploads a national holiday 😂
to clarify: Heathrow was at the time the busiest airport by international traffic (Dubai has since passed it), but it's not the busiest by total passengers. That'd be Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, which pulls over 100 million passengers per year -- 20 million more than Heathrow. Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe though. Hartsfield-Jackson is fuckin massive, btw. It has 5 runways, spills out of the original unincorperated area into 3 different cities, has been the busiest since 1998 and had the most planes take off since 2005 (except 2014 weirdly), and has the largest single airline hub (Delta accounts for 75% of its traffic).
@@dstblj5222 DFW and SLC are their other big 'uns. Those at least are in the right direction. That whole trip was a disaster but I can only blame Delta for part of it.
@@duckrutt I think you mean DTW not DFW right? delta has not operated a hub at DFW for a long time, but yeah their IRROPs was really bad until not that long ago but this year it looks like they will not have cancelled a single flight on mainline and regional on 150 calendar days
@@dstblj5222 It was DFW in 1991. Apparently I haven't kept up on my Airliners in a while... The whole story is long, stupid and mostly uninteresting unless you were there so I'll give you only what happened in ATL. In the flight line, electrical problem, back to the terminal. In the flight line, mechanic left tools onboard, ladder truck. Still in the flight line, assumed brake issue (Not a brake issue it sank into the tarmac) back to the terminal. Eventually take off, stop in California (I don't remember the airport) they don't trust the plane over water so everyone is transferred to United.
I love how people first settle around racetracks and airports, then they act surprised its noisy as fuck and down the line we end up closing it because too much people around it.
It may surprise you people were already living there before the airports, before freeways were built and people lost their homes demolished etc for the purposes . Trying selling a house on the fringe of airports!..
That may be slightly impressive. Less impressive is mixing up Osaka's Kansai airport with Tokyo's Narita - although, he actually meant Tokyo Haneda, which was the airport shows as Kansai. Narita is very much a landlocked airport. Tokyo Haneda was the airport shown as Kansai. Some small, but undercutting, factual mistakes there. Heathrow is also not the busiest airport in the world - that's very misleading. It is the, or one of the, busiest airports as measured by international arrivals and departures, and it is one of the busiest airports in the world.
pros about living in kingston: the bus takes like 25mins to get to heathrow. Cons: sometimes you get jumpscared by low-flying planes in the middle of richmond park and you think you're about to die
If you want to do something controversial that nobody wants you propose a plan that is ridiculously over the top, ei lets tear down this village. Then you “compromise” by proposing what you wanted to do in the first place.
that village should go though open up google maps and look at it you have north to south around it west Drayton a London suburb, the M4 a wired green area that sticks in to London and contains 2/3 small hamlets, and airport, a London suburb called Stanwell It almost as thou we as a society left that area green in the hopes of expanding Heathrow
That's diplomacy 101 willsham, double your demands and then compromise by 50% - you get exactly what was required in the first place and your opposition gets to save face with their public.
Haha! Funny enough this sociological technique can be applied to pretty much any situation. You want something from someone, then ask for an 'outrageous' favour first, to then compromise it with what you actually want. It's been documented that statistically in this way, a person is more inclined to actually help. :)
This is kind of similar to what happened at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport. They bought the land from Peel, but then Peel bought the land AROUND the airport so if they wanted to expand they had to pay Peel a crap load of money. In the end Peel bough the airport.
Narita isn’t built on reclaimed land and it has a really contentious relationship with the neighbors. The government didn’t consult residents prior to picking the site. Cold War politics, student activists, left wing political parties and local residents fought the airport hard. Protesters actually occupied and built a tower on land meant to be used for the runway. Protesters delayed the opening by busting into the control tower and destroying equipment. The whole thing was a mess and that actually *why* Japan started using land reclamation with KIX.
Yep it’s a common mistake. As a matter of fact, When Osaka was looking for a location for their new airport that is Kansai, it was going to be on standard earth soil but after the cancel Narita airport protests, they decided to put it offshore like Haneda. Numerous airports followed this design style, including Kobe, a small regional airport at the other end of the bay Kansai sits on and is not mentioned in this video.
I live in Hounslow and people hardly notice the planes flying low overhead, many of us are used to it. In fact i'm proud that I live close to Heathrow Airport, It's something to admire seeing a plane flying low and provides employment in the area.
Im from Stanwell a village south of the airport and I agree with that we dont really notice the planes, the only irritable this is the early morning whistle of the engines starting up it just causes a hum in the morning and I notice that every time
Till one falls on your head or explodes and showers you in aircraft parts...seriously, I've been near airports and I couldn't live there (hell, I've lived next to train-tracks (and not really busy ones even!) and I hated the racket!
I live on the North side of the river where boris island is planned, and it wouldn't work bc it's across from a Dock (London Gateway) and has Tilbury downstream.
We need a better railway system, not one that keeps cancelling and delaying because of the frequent signal failures and breakdowns, as well as tracks that allow for higher running speeds. The contrast is most obvious with the Eurostar. Slow running here, until it crosses the Channel, then... ZOOOOOOM!
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hockeycrafter608 umm I’m not to sure it’s thrown around in the commons here and there but doesn’t get any major debate it’s more about a bridge from Northern Ireland to mainland Uk now
emerson kurtzman he’s in ICU in hospital now. Maybe Heathrow can be turned into a giant hospital for future pandemics plus an enormous cemetery next to it.
I love this series because I live so near to Heathrow and RAF Northolt (divorced parents two houses) and every image you use I recognise just from my daily life like ill be here like oh that’s the exit to go to school or if I go for a skate I can just sit and watch the runway
Ps. Yes I am one of the said gruntled neighbours and when the queen/ royal flies into Northolt it’s such a local inside joke to wave or literally just go “ oh there goes liz” in conversation
Japan started building new airports on reclaimed lands after the construction of Narita Airport, since the Japanese government decided to build the airport in Narita without the involvement or consent of most residents. This caused the "Sanrizuka Struggle ", which involves a series of demonstrations and physical clashes. Also, the first two aerial airport photos shown at 5:15 should be Haneda and Kansai respectively.
Unfortunately, dear old Boris has a bit of that recent C19 that's been going around lately, provided that he would still be around in the near future, he'll be a bit of a busybee going around with C19, Brexit and whatever menaces spawn from the rest of US. I'll put it on a 50/50 chance
@@russcattell955i I just have to make a comment just for historical documentation. Who knows how Boris rolling out of the ICU will make it more or less likely for a Boris Island.
"If Heathrow falls behind, London falls behind, and if London falls behind, then the UK falls behind. And that simply couldn't be allowed to happen." Brexiteers causing the UK to fall behind: *Um well, this is awkward*
It's not awkward. It never was going to be awkward. The brexiteers were always going to blame everything on the remainers and the EU. For not cooperating and therefore 'halting progress', negative attitude and generally being a nuisanse. The whole narrative was constructed from the start as "we deserve to control our own whatever and THEY won't let us". So we've entered the situation where we know it's their fault, and they know it's ours. If there's a middle ground I haven't seen it.
Something tells me these environmental groups are not full of brexiteers. They care about the environment but it’s not a top priority beyond living right now in the present.
Decent swathes of Brexiters wanted London to fall behind, and if that meant the UK fell behind then so be it. (Remember that London was majority remain.)
Who came first, Heathrow Airport or the people who live nearby? If the latter, then they simply cannot complain about the noise, as there are SO many other places to live in the world. Also, the whole country depending on a single city is so stupid.
That argument sounds sensible, but doesn't really hold up. Firstly, realistically, we aren't talking the world, we're talking the city, because that's where your friends family and job are likely to be. But more importantly, nicer areas cost more money to live in. People have to settle to live somewhere they can afford. Just because they knew it would be a problem doesn't mean they can't wish it wasn't.
How many times have I thought that in pubs where the neighbours complain, it's like moving next door to Alton Towers and complaining about all the ambulances.
2:53 "Just like with our trains and our sport, we got there first and now we're the worst". This quote alone was enough for me to hit 'like' on this video
Remove the terminals, re-build them under ground, use the land in the middle (where the terminals are) for new runways. The only above-ground structures would be the actual docking ports for airplanes.
Probably meant £100 Billion, because regarding the Heathrow expansion plan: "The plan involves building a new 3,500m runway about two miles north of the two runways Heathrow already has at an estimated cost of £18.6bn".
It's one of my standard lines as well: "At least (insert ludicrously low number here)", or "Somewhere between (ludicrously low number) and (just as ludicrously high number)".
Im from the United States i never been to London or know much abkut England/U.K/Britain but I love how these guys make their videos the editing the story telling and explaining ect, hope one day they expand out of their home turf someday
1:52 - It gets especially obvious when comparing Heathrow to something like O'Hare, which has about the same number of emplanements per year, but has _seven_ runways, with an eighth under construction (including a set of five, soon to be six, east-west parallel runways).
5:13 Ok let's get it this straight ladies and gentlemen. The first one is Haneda Airport and the second one is Kansai. Narita Airport is actually located inland and nobody actually realized that it's not in Tokyo (technically an hour half from Tokyo). Haneda on the other hand is actually located in Tokyo but no one actually realized that it's on an island because its actually very close to land.
It's not just Heathrow. I went to luton in 2019 and our plane had to circle for an hour in the air. Then at the airport I had to wait 3 hours in a passport queue.
