I can perfectly well understand the civic pride argument for getting DSA back up and running as a commercial airport but I really struggle to understand what is the overall benefit to Doncaster and the wider area.
No 'jobs are being saved', they would only be being 'created', and I suspect more jobs could be created by turning the site over to logistics, industrial and general commercial use, with perhaps a GA airfield attached.
The former DSA never made money, and likely never would have and unless I am missing something isn't going to.
Couldn't the time of elected representatives and local bureaucrats be better spent on the wider population and their wellbeing?