Media portray Leeds Bradford airport unfairly.

[LBA4EVER]

600 (metres) would be nice but 300 (metres) would be OK for now.

Just need the TDZs moving back (hiding!)

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Headline on BBC News website- Plane struggles to land at Leeds/Bradford Airport with accompanying video.

I can see this being on the news at 6.

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9vdm9v4349t
Storm Floris: Travel disrupted and trees blown down as Storm Floris brings gusts of up to 80mph - BBC News


UPDATE...It was indeed on national news!

 

[rmack]

Indeed, saw it here in Scotland. Was it not old footage ? It creates a poor impression of Leeds. Nothing here reported about Glasgow or Edinburgh, just train cancellations.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Indeed, saw it here in Scotland. Was it not old footage ? It creates a poor impression of Leeds. Nothing here reported about Glasgow or Edinburgh, just train cancellations.

I think it was footage from today. Bluesky have posted 5.5 hours of video on Youtube from today.

 

[BCFC]

Why is the Yorkshire Post anti-LBA but only say only positive things about DSA?…so annoying.

 

[Finger66]

Simple mathematical equation:
Media + LBA = negativity

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Why is the Yorkshire Post anti-LBA but only say only positive things about DSA?…so annoying.

If you read pro DSA social media they are all convinced the YP is anti DSA and Pro LBA!

 

[Snackbar]

I see our delicate friends G….A are at it again. This time apparently a local businessman has his sleep so disturbed he may have to close down his operation 🤣🤣. You really couldn’t make this stuff up🤣 https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.u...usinessman-says-night-flights-blighting-life/

 

[The Pole]

Whave

I see our delicate friends G….A are at it again. This time apparently a loca businessman has his sleep so disturbed he may have to close down his operation 🤣🤣. You really couldn’t make this stuff up🤣 https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/25460591.local-businessman-says-night-flights-blighting-life

what a load of bullocks literally.
As said before airport been here longer than he has. Who in there right mind buys a house under flight path if they are light sleepers?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Whave

what a load of bullocks literally.
As said before airport been here longer than he has. Who in there right mind buys a house under flight path if they are light sleepers?

Hopefully some members will be going to next weeks community meetings to put this and other points across.

 

[leedslad]

Positive news story about Sustainable Air Fuel investment by the govt at LBA?

Great chance for BBC Look North/Spencer Stokes to open the story with footage of a plane landing in a cross wind!?

Couldn't make it up

 

[HX3]

Spencer Stokes is a complete joke. If I were Vincent Hodder, I would refuse to let him onsite.

 

[White Heather]

Positive news story about Sustainable Air Fuel investment by the govt at LBA?

Great chance for BBC Look North/Spencer Stokes to open the story with footage of a plane landing in a cross wind!?

Couldn't make it up

My thoughts exactly. Old footage and obviously couldn't resist a dig about wind. Preferable to our noisy NIMBYs though and short but sweet input from Steve Heapy (Jet2) and Katie White MP, who seems to be showing a positive interest in LBA (well I never!!) as well as Vince Hodder.

 

[Statto]

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/the-people-v-leeds-bradford-airport-the-conflict-continues/

It’s funny that Spencer Stokes came up in the chat today as it’s noticeable to me that GALBA seem to have lost influence or access to some of the journos who pumped out their side of story without ever properly challenging their angle or claims. Mr Stokes seems to have reined it in and someone at either the YP or the T&A group looks to have moved on. Instead, GALBA now seem to resort to using citizen journalist sites such as the Yorkshire Byline.

They have issued one such story today. In one sense, it’s the tried and tested approach of maximum hubris and minimum awareness of the world of aviation outside of LS19. As just one example, the very title ‘the people vs leeds bradford airport’ is one of their classic tricks. Much better to make it sound like they are large in number, flighting an elitist minority instead of acknowledging the reality that they are a few hundred in number and hundreds of thousands use the airport (and other airports) each year.

Anyway, it’s worth reading as it provides their perspective in the CLUED ruling and why, as it stands, they believe it is actually good news for the airport.

 

[leedslad]

Surely the airport needs to be having a word with BBC Yorkshire...

Why is the "stock image" of a plane landing sideways in the daytime when the article is about night flying... Can't help but feel it's done on purpose...

BBC Yorkshire

Campaigners say the airport has breached its night-time flight quota for four successive years Read more: https://bbc.in/4701vXr 📷 Danny Lawson / PA Wire

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[YorkshireLad]

Of course. It’s not news, it’s a narrative to be controlled

Though having just watched FR2483 from Riga land, let’s just hope there weren’t any tabloid photographers around

 

[Finger66]

But that also proves that wind is not always a complete barrier to a plane being able to land safely at LBA. And LBA is not the only airport to suffer wind. Yes perhaps more than many but not exclusive. Media in general thrives on negativity unfortunately but it really is time the local media changed their narrative. LBA supports the local economy in a big way and to me that is a big yes that far outweighs s few moaning Minnie's.

 

[HX3]

Cue Spencer Stokes pumping out some biased journalism on Look North tonight. I think he must be a paid up member of the unmentionables as well as on the fly Doncaster board. He never paints LBA in a positive light- always something negative and far from impartial.

 

[Statto]

I read the article and it seemed to give both sides of the story equal weighting, which is what he’s paid to do.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Cue Spencer Stokes pumping out some biased journalism on Look North tonight. I think he must be a paid up member of the unmentionables as well as on the fly Doncaster board. He never paints LBA in a positive light- always something negative and far from impartial.

I saw it on the lunchtime news. Vince Hodder had his say.