This actually stands a better chance than most. When I spent time oop there, there was a constant moan about the exhorbitant fares and indifferent service from Big Airways. Typical island syndrome, but they were also accumulating a ginormous trust fund of oil revenues which (then) couldn't be spent fast enough on infrastructure/education/younameit. Surreptitious subsidy of ex-Island fares occurred then. So this looks like a suitably grandiose outlet for some of the dosh which is unlikely to fetch opposition; for a few years at least.
After all, if the Scillies can have their SkyBus, Shetland should have its SkyTrain.
[This message has been edited by Yogi-Bear (edited 26 June 2001).]