The KIACC Chairman (Paul Twyman) will take Members through the broad disadvantages and benefits of this subject, covering as many of the associated environmental and economic factors as possible. There are then five main groups of issues to consider.
Infratil, Manston, Night flights 
The TDC Airport Working Party will be there. Infratil will be there. The Airport Consultative Committee will be there. The general public will be there. A rare chance to see them all in the same place at the same time. The mind boggles! There's even the possibility that something useful may come out of it.
KIACC, Matt Clarke, Paul Twyman Infratil, Manston, Night flights, TDC 
It appears that Infratil's best friends Cargolux are getting their arses kicked for their part in an international criminal conspiracy. Two conspiracies, in fact.
The US Department of Justice has accused several airlines of engaging in a conspiracy to eliminate competition by fixing the international cargo rates they charged, from at least 2001 through 2006. Three of the airlines have coughed up fines to avoid the presumably more expensive rigmarole of going through the courts.
Manston isn't Outer London. It's out of London.Well, there are several airports that have leapt on the global branding bandwagon and smuggled the word 'London' into their name, with varying degrees of geographical accuracy.
(A special mention must go to "London Ashford Airport": 60 miles from London, 13 miles from Ashford, 1 mile from Lydd. It seems the greater the distance, the more prominent the billing - it's full title is actually "Jupiter Brazil London Ashford Airport".)
Manston 
JFK vs KIAThrough selfless and diligent research I unearth nuggets of pure fact, which I can hurl at half-truths, shattering them into a myriad harmless fiblets.
For instance, from time to time I have heard it said that planes (or more accurately, their pilots) like to have a long straight approach to the runway when landing. Dear reader, this may well be true. I have also heard it said that a long straight approach is a necessity. Dear reader, that is bollocks.
Manston 
A man running away from a mess on the ground labelled "Airport". This is prescient, you mark my words.
Future, Matt Clarke Manston 
As I mentioned recently, before getting revolted by Infratil’s selfishness, the pile of poo they presented to TDC was the carefully considered best efforts of a wealthy, globe-spanning organisation aiming to win support from a strategic partner at a key point in the development of its European operations.
It is a public declaration of commercial weakness; of ongoing and increasing failure; of a flawed business model; of narrow short-termism and strategic poverty.
Freight, MasterPlan, Matt Clarke, Stansted Infratil, Manston, Night flights, TDC 
Before I die of rage...I should have known better. I should have been ready, but I was taken aback by the torrent of special pleading, contradictory arguments, anti-logic and selective perception of reality.
Canterbury, Herne Bay, Matt Clarke, Ramsgate, Whitstable 
My favourite starfishIn the interests of spreading our love and help far and wide we (Mrs Earplugs and I) met up with some of the Canterbury people who will be dealing with Thanet District Council over the next few months while Infratil’s Masterplan is being goggled at.
Altitude, CCC, MasterPlan, Mike Patterson, Noise, Radar, Regeneration, S106 Infratil, Manston, Night flights, TDC Future, Investment 
Telling it like it isn'tFollowing the horrifying revelation that one of our elected representatives has been misrepresenting us, I have unleashed the merciless Mrs Earplugs. Blessed with eternal youth, bionic implants and the ability to kick-box without scuffing her Manolo Blahnik's, Mrs E now has the bit firmly between her razor-sharp teeth. We're not at DefCon 5 (unbridled bloodlust), but she's getting that restless, questing look in her eyes.
CCC, Herne Bay, Julian Brazier MP, KCC, KIACC, Louise Ellman MP, Paul Carter, Ramsgate, Roger Gale MP, S106 
Manston Julian Brazier MP, KCC, KIACC, MORI, Paul Twyman Future, Lloyd Morrison, Matt Clarke, New Zealand, Prestwick, Shares, Stansted 
Profitable. Sustainable. Sound commercial proposition. Good corporate citizen. These are just some of the good things that happen when you work with, rather than against, those around you. It's not rocket science. It's not even science. It's sense.
BAA, MasterPlan, S106, Yes 
Absolutely no night flights. Not scheduled flights. Not chartered flights. No night flights. Diversions from other airports (due to emergencies, bad weather and so on), humanitarian missions or national crisis are fine. Obviously.
Matt Clarke, Yes Infratil, Manston, Night flights 
Yes we can: the story so far... To be commercially viable (let alone successful), Manston will have to be very busy; and night flights are undesirable on a number of counts. Top marks to those of you who have leapt to the conclusion that there will be a lot of daytime flights.
Night flights 
Yes we can: the story so far… Infratil need Manston to be very busy; night flights are a bad thing; and the daytime flight paths must be designed to be as people-friendly as possible. So what happens next? Step aboard the time machine of your imagination, and gracefully swoop into the future…
CAA, CPRE, Kent Wildlife Trust, MasterPlan, Natural England, Noise, Radar, S106, Yes Infratil, Manston, Night flights, TDC 
Altitude thicknessIn the Olden Days (2005), Manston’s radar wasn’t good enough to tell them exactly where their planes were. They couldn’t tell the exact height because they only had Primary Surveillance Radar.
In the Modern Age (2009) they also have Secondary Surveillance Radar (they buy a feed from the MoD) so they can now tell the height of planes as they pass over Herne Bay. And elsewhere, presumably.
But they don’t record it.
Altitude, Complaints, Matt Clarke, Radar 
Proposed amendments include more specific measurable targets on the airport’s environmental goals including sustainability, becoming carbon neutral, and emission control including proposals on airline offsetting measures.
AWP, Bob Bayford, Future, MasterPlan, Matt Clarke 
