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Name: Carol Barbone
Occupation: Campaign Director of the Stop Stansted Expansion Campaign
Country: UK
Total Questions: 9
Total Answers: 9

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Londontowner asked Carol Barbone: "Carol, cheap foreign holidays are enormously important to many people. Do you believe we should take fewer holidays overseas in order to reduce the need to build additional runway capacity?"
Carol Barbone answers: "80% of all flights are taken by 11% of the population. It's not the annual summer holiday that needs to be curbed but there must be a question mark over whether it is sustainable for a minority of the..." Show more»" 80% of all flights are taken by 11% of the population. It's not the annual summer holiday that needs to be curbed but there must be a question mark over whether it is sustainable for a minority of the population to be constantly jetting off for short leisure breaks to the Continent, simply because its cheaper than a weekend break in the Cotswolds or the Norfolk Broads or wherever. And the reason its cheaper is that airlines pay no fuel duty, no VAT and don't have to meet their environmental costs. So the price is artifically low. This makes no sense either from an environmental standpoint or from an economic standpoint. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 1:26:28 PM
paul576 asked Carol Barbone: "Do you believe that the businesses surrounding Stansted can survive in a hugely competitive world if it is not allowed to expand?"
Carol Barbone answers: "Stansted does bring important benefits to the local economy but the proposed expansion of Stansted to handle an extra 10 million passengers a year (10 mppa) would not have a major impact on the local ..." Show more»" Stansted does bring important benefits to the local economy but the proposed expansion of Stansted to handle an extra 10 million passengers a year (10 mppa) would not have a major impact on the local economy one way or the other. It would be primarily to cater for more outbound leisure trips and only 290,000 of the additional 10mppa would be business passengers. It is a question of balance and one of the main difficulties in the local economy is a shortage of available employees to fill the jobs available. Expansion of Stansted would exacerbate this problem, cause more overheating and require airport workers to be recruited from much further afield, including overseas, with implications for housing and other local services. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 1:15:08 PM
sunnyday asked Carol Barbone: "Aren't the local objections to the expansion of stansted airport just another example of "nimbyism" ?"
Carol Barbone answers: "There's only one back yard so far as global warming is concerned so the 'Nimby' argument hardly applies."
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1 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 1:24:21 PM
legaleagle asked Carol Barbone: "Can you tell me how many flights have been made by SSE members in or out of stansted in the last 2 years?"
Carol Barbone answers: "No idea of the number. SSE is not anti-Stansted or anti-flying. It's a question of moderation and striking the right balance."
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 1:23:24 PM
stevec asked Carol Barbone: "If the airport is not allowed to expand how safe are the businesses that rely wholely on the trade that the airport brings e.g taxi's, aircraft maintenance, catering, hotels, and shops? "
Carol Barbone answers: "No-one is suggesting the airport should contract or be closed. The key priority is to develop a broadly-based, diverse local economy which is not over-dependent on any single industry or employer. We ..." Show more»" No-one is suggesting the airport should contract or be closed. The key priority is to develop a broadly-based, diverse local economy which is not over-dependent on any single industry or employer. We have all seen what can happen when there is over dependency and something goes wrong, for example in the coal-mining towns of Yorkshire, the shipyards of Tyneside or the steelworks of South Wales. We are not predicting Stansted's imminent demise but there are long term risks to every industry and aviation is no exception. The local economy has thrived for more than 200 years precisely because it has been dynamic and broadly based. We should keep it that way and not have too many eggs in one basket. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 1:18:15 PM