Well said GaelGoir. There is still alot of bad feeling towards Shannon even now with the stopover demise and especially from those whos interst lies solely with Cork. It seems they all expected SNN would die with open skies. IMO it would be in everyones interest from cork to Mayo that these sevices remain and inprove at SNN. If not we will end up with a mediocre service from every regional airport on the western seaboard to the US and expect cockups like just happened at Knock to be the norm. What would you prefer, a few times daily service from SNN to the east coast and more or Flyglobespan 3 times a week from Cork ,Kerry, Knock and god knows where else. If the east coast of Ireland can cope with one airport and all its traffic then surely with the improving road structure in the west then SNN can provide a decent service to the US for everyone.