Call me dumb (!) but I would have thought that it is in the BAA's interest to have somewhere that spectators can congregate and thus be 'controlled'. After all, nothing will stop people looking - and what about people who drop off travelling friends and relatives and want to 'wave them off' ??
Anyone remember the old days when not only was there a large spectator area, but at weekends a bloke used to sit in a little 'observation room' and commentate over the tannoy??
Eeeee, it's not like it used to be...