How to paralyse the country?

The country is paralyzed? Really? I have been going about my business the whole busy day, while being totally unaware that the world was coming to an end. I think the word I need is 'Hyperbole'

It is just ridculous when this was so predictable. Apparently there was a review a while back, R4 interviewed someone who made recommenations, and apparently nothing has been done. Until now. Hopefully it will not take a tragedy for action to be taken.

Annie

Aren't we lucky to have Chris Grayling as Minister for Transport?

Other countries have anticipated this sort of event and have the technology to prevent it, but clever old Chris Grayling either thought we don't need to make any preparations for disastrous events because the unicorns will ensure they never happen, or maybe he thought closing Gatwick Airport in the week before Christmas would be a good way to distract folk from the chaos of brexit - or maybe he just didn't think!

Maizie d

Here you go

www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1255766-Drones-at-Gatwick

A few years ago towns were paralysed by flood water.

A town near us was cut off due to a fallen tree. No electricity, lets see how long we would all last.

Though I think a better punishment would be to make them pay all the costs of those they have disrupted.

Or how about putting them in stocks with a suitable label at the airport to face all those people they have disrupted...

I thought the thread title meant ‘ if Corbyn wins a GE’

Perhaps POGS meant 'not another drone' ?

I said exactly that to DH this morning - how to bring air travel to a halt and why couldn't they shoot it down. DH said not.

They are controlled. There are laws about what they can and can't do. These drones and the controllers at Gatwick are not legal and will be looking at several years in prison when caught.
Though I think a better punishment would be to make them pay all the costs of those they have disrupted.

I don't understand why people like my DH, who is a model aircraft enthusiast, have to go through hoops to have permission to fly gtheir planes on a designated field, and have to take a proficiency exam before being granted a licence. Yet these drones people can fly them where and whenever they like, no holds barred. Doesn't make any sense. They should be controlled.

Where is the other thread, MB?

As I have said on the other thread (Drones at Gatwick) it is clearly terrifyingly easy to paralyse the country.

Is there another thread on this, POGS?

I did look on 'Active' before I posted it.

If it's a duplicate I apologise

Could they train hawks to bring them down?

Not another one.

# Brenda from Bristol