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Do you have a chance to telephone tomorrow morning before 11.00? I will be in the office from about 8.30.

From: "michaelchild@aol.com" <michaelchild@aol.com>

To: "charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com" <charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com>

Hi Charles the problem there is that the finishing date forthe consultation is Friday and about the middle of tomorrow the latest I canreasonably do the post.

You also have to appreciate that the blog and local affairsis something I devote a very small amount of my time to, my duties as a shopassistant and having primary school children don’t leave me with much in theway of spare time.

I realised that the questions were difficult ones, which iswhy I have tried to phone you during the last few days, in the hope I could putthem diplomatically.

From my point of view obviously replies to the questions inthe email would be easiest for me to write up into a blog post and would alsoeliminate the possibility of my misquoting you.

From: Charles Buchanan <charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com>

I am sorry you have been having difficulty getting hold of me. As an occasional

reader of your blog I recognise that you have sought to be more balanced than

Given your long list of questions I wonder whether it would be best to meet

rather than exchange emails. If you would like to give my office a call we can

From: "michaelchild@aol.com" <michaelchild@aol.com>

To: "charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com" <charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com>

Hi Charles, I have tried to phone you a few times to ask you aboutthis night

flights consultation business, I write one of the local blogs notvery

significant only a couple of thousand readers a month, so you may not wantto

Anyway I am trying to put together a post about the issue forpublication

tomorrow, also trying to keep the thing fairly balance on the forand against

Would you consider accepting a similar ratio of night flights today time flights

Would you consider running a test week where you have the maximumnumber of night

flights you are asking for, so we can tell what we wouldactually get in terms of

There has been some suggestion that the 106 agreement may notactually be a legal

document and that some locals may be going to challenge itsvalidity in the

Presumably if the 106 proved to be invalid then the previoussection 52 would

come into effect, any idea what the terms of this are? If youhave a copy perhaps

My guess is that the only medium term viable expansion of theairport would be as

a mixture of a historic aircraft centre and small regionalairport, in other

words if you continue to subsidise it at a six figure levelyou might just as

well do something popular as unpopular, any thoughts on this?

I can only find the Manson monthly operational reports up toSeptember on the

Infratil website, are they being withheld for any reason? Ifnot could you send

Is it your intention to move to operating a freight only airport,or an airport

It says on your website that responses to the consultation may besent to TDC,

does this mean that the consultation on your website is differentto the

What proportion of responses are you sending to the council?

Are you only sending responses that are for night flights?

Could you give a layman’s explanation of the maximum amount ofnight time flying

you are asking for in terms of types and amounts of planes?I. E. how many 747s

Could you give a layman’s explanation of what you would expect tobe a noisy week

based on what you would actually expect to be flying assumingthe airport was

I have heard now from three different sources that you are engagedin trying to

sell the airport to a Middle Eastern operator, is this true?

I have also heard that Flybee pulled out, not becausethey were unhappy with

Manson, but because Infratil wouldn’t make the investmentin facilities there

that they wanted, is there any truth in this?


	Title 1 \| home Title 1 Do you have a chance to telephone tomorrow morning before 11.00? I will be in the office from about 8.30. Charles Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "michaelchild@aol.com" <michaelchild@aol.com> To: "charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com" <charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com> Subject: Night Flights Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 20:14 Hi Charles the problem there is that the finishing date forthe consultation is Friday and about the middle of tomorrow the latest I canreasonably do the post. You also have to appreciate that the blog and local affairsis something I devote a very small amount of my time to, my duties as a shopassistant and having primary school children don’t leave me with much in theway of spare time. I realised that the questions were difficult ones, which iswhy I have tried to phone you during the last few days, in the hope I could putthem diplomatically. From my point of view obviously replies to the questions inthe email would be easiest for me to write up into a blog post and would alsoeliminate the possibility of my misquoting you. Best regards Michael Websites http://thanetonline.blogspot.com/ http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/ http://www.thanetonline.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Charles Buchanan <charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com> To: michaelchild <michaelchild@aol.com> Sent: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:35 Subject: Re: Night Flights Dear Michael I am sorry you have been having difficulty getting hold of me. As an occasional reader of your blog I recognise that you have sought to be more balanced than many. Given your long list of questions I wonder whether it would be best to meet rather than exchange emails. If you would like to give my office a call we can agree a date (01843 824825). Regards Charles Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "michaelchild@aol.com" <michaelchild@aol.com> To: "charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com" <charles.buchanan@manstonairport.com> Subject: Night Flights Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 17:23 Hi Charles, I have tried to phone you a few times to ask you aboutthis night flights consultation business, I write one of the local blogs notvery significant only a couple of thousand readers a month, so you may not wantto bother to reply. Anyway I am trying to put together a post about the issue forpublication tomorrow, also trying to keep the thing fairly balance on the forand against front, so here are a few questions. Would you consider accepting a similar ratio of night flights today time flights as that enjoyed by Heathrow and Gatwick? Would you consider running a test week where you have the maximumnumber of night flights you are asking for, so we can tell what we wouldactually get in terms of sleep disruption? There has been some suggestion that the 106 agreement may notactually be a legal document and that some locals may be going to challenge itsvalidity in the courts, do you have any views on this? Presumably if the 106 proved to be invalid then the previoussection 52 would come into effect, any idea what the terms of this are? If youhave a copy perhaps you could send it to me. My guess is that the only medium term viable expansion of theairport would be as a mixture of a historic aircraft centre and small regionalairport, in other words if you continue to subsidise it at a six figure levelyou might just as well do something popular as unpopular, any thoughts on this? I can only find the Manson monthly operational reports up toSeptember on the Infratil website, are they being withheld for any reason? Ifnot could you send me copies? Is it your intention to move to operating a freight only airport,or an airport based around freight? It says on your website that responses to the consultation may besent to TDC, does this mean that the consultation on your website is differentto the council’s? What proportion of responses are you sending to the council? Are you only sending responses that are for night flights? Could you give a layman’s explanation of the maximum amount ofnight time flying you are asking for in terms of types and amounts of planes?I. E. how many 747s and when. Could you give a layman’s explanation of what you would expect tobe a noisy week based on what you would actually expect to be flying assumingthe airport was running profitably? I have heard now from three different sources that you are engagedin trying to sell the airport to a Middle Eastern operator, is this true? Are Infratil trying to sell the airport? I have also heard that Flybee pulled out, not becausethey were unhappy with Manson, but because Infratil wouldn’t make the investmentin facilities there that they wanted, is there any truth in this? Best regards Michael Websites http://thanetonline.blogspot.com/ http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/ http://www.thanetonline.com/