Yes, precisely the reason I try to avoid it as much as possible. I've been flying across the Atlantic and further East for 25 years now through multiple airlines. These years have taught me to stay away from Heathrow unless it can't be helped. I've missed my connecting flights just way too many times due to mismanagement, and when I didn't, I lost my luggage.

When going from [Point A] -> [Point B] -> [Point C], I only care if Point B is connected to my destination at Point C. If B is connected to many other destinations then it only means I'll face a larger crowd with more chaos and confusion which I'd love to avoid.

As a traveler, I prefer airports that take me to my destination with minimum hassle and maximum convenience or comfort. I do not care if it the most connected airport.

As someone who lives < 30 minutes drive from LHR, it's something I do appreciate. It's kind of cool being able to get to most places in the world within a couple of hops.

It won't for long...

Ok, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. You could make this comment more substantive by explaining why.

methinks it was a brexit joke

Ah. In that case disregard my second sentence above.

Careful, dang has to get every joke for it to be allowed on HN...

> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you're saying dang made a shallow dismissal, I agree. He did apologize for it, however...