Originally Posted by
ATNotts
But why. aviation is not a public service, like buses and trains, and if the Welsh government has money to waste on vanity schemes like that I feel sure that many people in Wales would feel there are more deserving causes it could be used for.
But the problem is that the same people who will complain that the money is wasted and that it can be used elsewhere will then complain that CWL is a disgrace of a national airport because it doesn't have the connections to places like Dublin. So whatever WG does they'll complain.
The reality is that the WG doesn't really have the fiscal powers to establish a national carrier.