and not take on board the rights of locals
They're a business and specifically what
rights are being infringed?
I'm not wholly on the side of the airport but there alwasy has to be compromise. It's when one side seems so inflexible that I start to lose sympathy. The same could be said for both the airport and the residents however in this case. I'm probably going to side with the airport because I like using it and it doesn't annoy me too much in my day to day life.