Denis – Thank you for your note.
I feel the tone of the note simply reinforces the benefit that we would both
gain from sitting down and discussing your concerns. I have written to your
Chairman on a number of occasions inviting her to meet with me – for the
avoidance of doubt – there is an open invitation for you to sit down and
meet with me to discuss your concerns – you have my contact details.
An illustration of the reason it may be helpful to sit down – on Friday you
were reading Boeing data suggesting the A319 was louder than the 146. What
you did not mention (although your website has highlighted it on a number of
occasions in the past) is that the 319 is payload restricted on take off
with 1800m distance – ie it cannot reach the USA etc. The noise at max
takeoff from Southend (with a longer runway)is less than the A319 at max
take off weight for Southend. If it would be helpful, I would be happy to
sit down and run through this.
I don’t think it would be helpful to run through the rest of your note -
Suffice it to say you are wrong on the meeting item, wrong on the
airportwatch representative, wrong that my PA was even there etc etc.
I could counter with on buzzword bingo – but my aim is for a constructive
dialogue based on fact and I have no wish to make this trivial.
As I say – open invitation to you to meet with me.
Regards, Alastair.
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