southend update
The only thing wrong with EGMC is the runway length. Forget the Church go East young man and take the runway across the railway and the road. There is just open land to the East and hardly anyone lives there. AW and the team at RAL maybe do not have deep enough pockets so get someone in that can invest.
Unless the runway gets to 2000m or more forget it. The airport will not make enough money to pay for a railway crossing let alone a station and a terminal unless the runway is lengthened.
JF's aiforce with their egg beaters will never bring enough capacity to SEN. Most of the people in the very large catchment area want to go south to Spain, Italy etc. To get the right seat rate the smallest jet like the B733 needs to be able to operate with a ful payload. Forget the 146 with its hairdriers no one could afford to buy the seat.
Come on get real you are sat on a goldmine. The nearest airport to Western Europe and London. Operating to SEN could save at least 20 block minutes per sector from and to Western Europe. How much is that in Euros for the airline that is brave enough to takeover the airport as its "London Gateway"