Originally Posted by
bose-x
What is the problem? This is a regional airport, it has infrastructure to maintain, staff to pay and shareholders to keep happy. You want to fly to Bournemouth you get exactly the same treatment as the CAT for a fraction of the price.
I assume you work for a living? You or your company charge a fee for your services in order to support the infrastructure and to make a profit. So if I think you are expensive and your company should not make a profit will you take a pay cut?
It never ceases to amaze me the complaints on here about landing fees.
We are not in the states or France where the airfields are publicly subsidised, here they are business and have to stand on their own feet. If you don't like it you vote with your feet. But I suspect the loss of revenue from your PA28/Cessna et. al would not cover the cost of cleaning the toilets etc.
Land at Compton Abbas or another VFR field near bye and I bet the Taxi costs 3 times the landing and parking!!
Tee Side is also regional and only costs £12 to land and £4.23 overnight. or at least it was last march.