Sir, Philip Hammond’s rebuttal of the accusation that the Government does not have a strategy for aviation (letter, Mar 30) only proves the accusation.
The measures he claims have been taken are all tactical, not strategic. Improving airport security and reforming financial protection for travellers are local operational measures. And a “regime in which the passenger comes first” is just political twaddle. The Transport Minister’s time would be better spent defining how many passengers and aircraft there will be in, say, 20 years’ time, and how that translates into terminal and runway space, at what cost and where.
Of course, long-term thinking is too much to ask of a politician who knows he will be gone in four years.
Stephen Hart
Dursley, Glos