Finally went to take a look at the terminal yesterday. What a monstrosity. Hope they get a proper building up as soon as possible, but it seems quite bizarre to be making such a fuss about a stack of Portakabins.
CVT were given no choice but to operate in this way, because the council have sat on the planning application for so long.
"Environment" maybe the number one issue, but it is still ironic that these protests are focusing on a the relatively quiet parts of the airport operations. The helicopters make much more noise, as do the Dc3's & Electras and they are all based on the Baginton side of the runway.
I was on my bike, and noticed the pollution around Tolbar Island far more than anything coming out of the airport.
None of the other operations directly benefit any of the villagers, unless they work at the airport, or enjoy watching the planes.
The passenger flights will give them an opportunity to benefit from having the airport so close by (they could even have free access to the terminal using the shuttle bus).
It is often been argued that people know the airport is there when choosing to move. There are some houses which have been constructed in the last year or so, yet they are still displaying anti-flights posters. Surely these are the biggest nimbys of them all?