Originally Posted by
LTNman
A race to the bottom then. If T2 does get permission why even build a terminal, as a nice unheated marquee will do with a few outside portaloos if it knocks a few quid off the ticket price.
As a society we should be raising the game not accepting ever worsening conditions as the new normal in various aspects of our lives.
We should be demanding improved conditions in the things that matter where you get bang for your buck across all stakeholders. But... sometimes priorities change and people often choose to cut one previous luxury (comfy seating at the airport from the days of flying once per year) which may have become less relevant in return for a different luxury (being able to see family regularly) which might be very important.
Spending 2 hours in a large unheated marquee in winter is not acceptable to any passenger, let alone for retaining employees. I don't think anybody is seriously suggesting such an idea. Beauvais airport management quickly realised many years ago that a marquee-as-a-terminal option was not viable long term.
Many people complained about the journey between the rail station and Luton airport... so hundreds of millions were spent on improving these conditions.. but you don't seem to think the money should have been spent.
If you want to improve comfort in the terminal... that means concreting over lots more green belt to get a bigger square feet per passenger number like that at Gatwick... but you don't seem to want that either.