The Fonz deals politely with some daft questions

[Highmac]

... from a wrong-footed BBC reporter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25425048

Hope it plays outside the UK

Link to his Twitter comments about the exchange:

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He is cool. I am a gabbling, starstruck idiot.

[Xairbusdriver]

I must say the noise there does not bother me here.

Although FedEx used Heathrow right after we bought Flying Tigers, we used Stansted during most of my flights. And then there's Gatwick. If I were in control, I'd simply keep raising the landing fees at Heathrow until the traffic decreased to match the current capacity. Any 'profit' would be used to upgrade/expand either of the other two. Of course, those living around Gatwick and Stansted might not appreciate that plan... OTOH, I've never had too much sympathy for people who move/buy housing near an airport. There's a reason the prices are often lower.

BTW, please send my consulting fee (37.5% of any new construction costs) to my Swiss account. and you're

[gunug]

My high school girlfriend had so much trouble dealing with aircraft noise that she wrote a version of Peter and the Wolf that featured the noise as the wolf!  It kind of worked at the high school musical level!