Hi Simfly,
146's are only 20 years young - remember the Viscounts
Good news all round, cept maybe for HIAL for LSI - but they blew their chance when the Shell operation tried to reduce costs at LSI originally and HIAL wouldn't play ball.
Mucho politics involved but at least there's still two airfields in operation for the forseeable future.
Haven't been on the old bus for some time now but should have a trip through summer (fog..) time.