Except he's got tickets to sell. He makes nice noises and he can't lose either way - DSA stays open it's bums on TUI seats, DSA shuts and its bums on TUI seats soemwhere else of TUI's chosing. The more unertainty there is and people are likely to start drifting off to Jet2 at LBA, etc etc . Nothing he said will make the airport more profitable, which is the issue to be addressed.