Don't think I'll be renewing this year........based on my useage (renting a PA28 for a double slot once a month) it's now the same cost as flying from Manchester, even with the landing fees and Liverpool is now 3/4 of the cost.
I suspect rising costs is going to drive other regulars away, which is such a shame, but as flying is such an expensive hobby in this country, any saving helps.
Is this the beginning of the end of Barton as we know it? There has been lots of speculation about Peel's future plans for the site, but could the price increases be a way of killing off the airfield slowly leaving way for the bulldozers?