Originally Posted by
rog747
Steve, the Ops Director at SOU rightly has concerns that when the runway is done expansion hopefully will see pre-covid disaster levels of passengers and services return to SOU which could he says, need 2000 staff to make the airport function.
Where will he get these folk from >???
When I spoke to him in June this year at the start of the summer, he had just managed to get just over 400 staff on stream and was just ''coping'' OK even with the 7 or 8 BA Cityflyers in and out over every weekend which is of course '''peaks and troughs''' but you still need the manpower.
unfortunately there has been very little stated on stand upgrade,just runway extension!
With the financial downturn,will there be the demand needed to support the hoped increase of Summer hotspots available due to a LCC coming on board ?
I very much doubt it!
The Planned extension will not be live to at least the 2024 season at best,that's a long way off with today's world turmoil.