[thorn bird]

Its sad but not surprising.

There is no way aviation can compete with the huge profits to be made from the industrial development of their airports.

One day, and it may be a lot sooner than anyone thinks, when the folly of surrendering our airports to the development sharks becomes apparent.

What sticks in the craw more than anything is the corruption that has occurred to facilitate this. For an allegedly first world country this is a shame on us all.