When I said that they were not morons but were being clever, I didn't mean to imply that I agreed with them - I merely meant to point out that rather than setting an arbitary limit, they had set the sizes with a deliberate and calculated objective in mind. Whilst the ramifications of the size may indicate those who set it were moronic, I believe that the reasons they had for making the decision was far from that. IMHO, 10secondsurvey is absolutely spot on with the analysis of the underlying drivers for the decision, and I think its sad that the UK government has effectively allowed the commercial interests of the BAA to be one of the prime motivations for setting such limits.
Andy