My point about the swing to Easy Holidays came from looking at the list of destinations for the BHX base, which have been made available for sale via Easy Holidays before they have been put on general sale. Many of these are in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt - how many of these are viable from an extended SOU? I agree with rog747 that an EZY base is unlikely initially, but surely a based operator must be a long term objective?
With regard to the BOH issues, having too many passengers is a nicer problem to have than too few - if you look at the success of MAN/LBA/LTN/STN/LGW, perhaps we over emphasise the airport experience. If both TUI and RYR are looking to base additional a/c they most be happy with the assurances they have received that the airport can cope?