As an interested observer looking on from a distance of 300 or so miles, who uses the airport every now and again for jaunts to the Channel Islands, I agree that the 'housing estate in 5 years' is a bit extreme. As has been said, if Teesside can keep going then Southampton certainly can. Every time I go through Southampton I'm struggling to get a seat in Costa. Not the most scientific barometer, but last Sunday night I was sitting there with my cortado and sausage sarnie watching a procession of aircraft going to many places in Europe and the UK, including one or two that you can't get to from my local. If you could get to Guernsey from Newcastle I wouldn't have been sitting there. Some perspective is needed. Cheer up, people
