Extinction Rebellion plans to close Heathrow.

[drron]

Just the way to get people to support you.

Extinction Rebellion Plans Heathrow Chaos This Summer Using Drones

Extinction Rebellion announced yesterday that they are planning to disrupt London Heathrow for ten days this summer using drones. Back in December 2018 drone sightings canceled hundreds of flights at London's Gatwick airport and there was some activity at Heathrow in January too. Here's an...

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[suze2000]

I agree with these guys (there IS a climate emergency, and there is NO PLANET B), but like the vegans that shut down Flinders St in May, an action like this will only make people angry with you, and also more reactionary against you.

 

[yohy?!]

Agree this may be inconvenient but is a necessary evil. The problems caused by the climate emergency will cause far worse civil unrest, riots, violence etc if we dont change course now.

As a group which loves air travel we need recognize that we are part of the problem too and adapt or watch our access to the skies disappear too.

 

[RooFlyer]

Here we go again. When those claiming a 'climate emergency' yada, yada yada, personally stop using all fossil fuels, all derivatives of fossil fuels (ie most electricity, things made from such electricity), then I'll listen closely to what they say. Until then, its just 'hot air' and virtue signalling. Do your bit and don't just lecture others, please.

 

[dajop]

Can I suggest mods lock this thread? It’s got the grounding to get ugly very quickly. If people want to debate climate change, maybe there scope for a thread in the playground?

 

[amaroo]

These things should be hounded up and force feed offal....

 

[support]

Can I suggest mods lock this thread? It’s got the grounding to get ugly very quickly. If people want to debate climate change, maybe there scope for a thread in the playground?

My directive is that future posters discuss the news item, not climate change itself. There may be other threads for that, such as in the playground.

 

[p--and--t]

Hopefully, if they proceed with their threat (which I hope they don't - I think it is pointless and alienating), they stick to the outlined timetable. I'm due to fly into LHR on the morning of Jul26 and join a cruise same day. The airfare is non-refundable, non-changeable.

 

[OATEK]

We are arriving at MAN and training it out of St Pancras this summer so hopefully will avoid this. But the one thing no one has mentioned is that these people are happy to risk the safety of arriving & departing aircraft, and to potentially put lives at risk.

 

[cgichard]

Presumably airlines will take no responsibility for disruptions or diversions caused by such action, but what line are travel insurance companies likely to take?

I'm due to fly into LHR on 2nd July and again (from DUB) on 10th August to connect with return flight to MEL.

 

[suze2000]

We were flying in and out of LHR when the drone scare happened in Dec. Luckily it focused on LGW and only affected LHR once, and we were not inconvenienced. But we wouldn't have minded being stuck in Japan a little longer and joked with the lounge staff about it at HND (unfortunately they were sure we'd be okay, and we were).

 

[cgichard]

Recent newsflash:

> The drone flight restriction zone around airports and airfields has
> changed. For full details visit www.dronesafe.uk/restrictions

Restriction zones at all airports considerably extended.

 

[opusman]

I thought there were pretty severe penalties for drone use near airfields these days. Seems pretty risky for them.

 

[33kft]

Surely whether or not someone agrees with the cause, we are not going to agree that shutting down airports with drones is an appropriate form of protest? The reason it is so effective is that they pose a significant safety risk to commuters and as a result airport operations are disrupted by deliberate choice, ie it is the airport operations teams shutting down services, similar to the outcome of someone phoning in a bomb threat. Both should not be seen as legitimate protest movements and both should be prosecuted heavily.

 

[drron]

According to the Times this is causing a split in the leadership of Extinction Rebellion.But that means the protest could get less likely or more likely depending on who wins.

 

[RooFlyer]

But that means the protest could get less likely or more likely depending on who wins.

Or less predictable.

 

[p--and--t]

Apparently not going ahead...............

Extinction Rebellion postpone Heathrow drone protest

Extinction Rebellion threatened to shut down the airport in a protest against its planned expansion.

www.bbc.com

 

[suze2000]

Kinda disappointed. They are right. We should all be flying less. And those cheap intra-Europe flights are a big greenhouse problem.

 

[RooFlyer]

Kinda disappointed. They are right. We should all be flying less. And those cheap intra-Europe flights are a big greenhouse problem.

Easy solution. Be like Al Gore and pay someone to do something, then zoom around the world in a private jet with an enormous carbon footprint. Everyone's happy.

 

[trooper]

Kinda disappointed. They are right. We should all be flying less. And those cheap intra-Europe flights are a big greenhouse problem.

So..you'll cancel those tentative plans to return to Hong Kong and Tokyo that you've previously mentioned in posts? Asking for a friend....