Jo-Jo28

If it is because of new holding areas should/would it not have been consulted on or discussed at some point? Like somebody else said, it feels a bit like waking up one morning and fnding the M25 has been carved through your back garden (appreciate I might have been spoiled by it being so quiet before - but then again, that is partly why I bought my flat!) What is most annoying (apart from being woken up in the morning, esp on a Saturday) is not being able to get any answers!! Recommend that everyone begins deluging the unhelpful help / complaints line (0800 344844) and / or maybe try writing to Tessa and see if that makes any difference (if she is not too busy thinking about flying people in for the Olympics)...

I live over in Herne Hill and can definitely vouch for the fact that there has been a change in the flight routes to Heathrow. I don't have a garden but the gardens behind my flat were an oasis of tranquillity until the morning of new year's eve when I woke up at 5.30am to the sound of Boeings overhead. Apparently flight paths are 3k wide and within that they can go where they want. Still, somebody somewhere has obviously made a conscious decision to change the route over SE London. Does anyone know if the routes do change periodically or if this is just it from now on? The Civil Aviation Authority aren't much use and the Heathrow 24 hr line (0800 344844) is just an answer machine message, which shows how little interest they have in being accountable...