While I accept that 'tis better to say ciao at home, or at the front door of the airport, to those flying out... my point was mainly about visibility of the rways for those waiting to collect arriving passengers. I tend to be up there several times a month collecting friends, business associates, etc. and it was quite nice to able to look out on the runway, watch the a/c land and then see my friends get drowned on to the run in to the baggage hall. A lot of this would now appear to be lost. I accept the points about airside facilities being better, but it's just a shame. Another opportunity flushed.
... oh, and one last thing ... I noticed on some of the press piccies that the monitors at the check-in desks appear to be of the aul CRT-type. Who the heck made that call? I thought every fecker in the world had now gone across to plasma/LCD!!! Maybe Flor Griffin did them a deal on some old stock he had out the back