Oh, by local you mean you don't live in Windsor, Datchet or any of the other places directly under the flightpath then, where you can't actually /talk/ outside

Oh, by local you mean you don't live in Windsor, Datchet or any of the other places directly under the flightpath then, where you can't actually /talk/ outside because there is a plane every 30 seconds? And these aren't even the closest to the airport. Oh and as for takeoff, it's and even larger area as the planes don't climb before making their turn, they climb /after/ turning over 20+ miles of densely populated area to save fuel. Oh and there's night flights, so forget it if you want to open a bedroom window in the summer... Quite frankly, I wouldn't mind going to gatwick, personally.