the biggest legacy of the shannon stopover is this tremendous sense of entitlement it has inflicated snn with, both the airport and the region. if the region had spent last week focusing its attentions on getting someone to fly to another hub they'd probably have someone signed up by now. in chasing aer lingus they're going after a horse that has long bolted. but this is snn, snn believe they are entitled to heathrow and not any old european hub. and they believe they're entitled to be brought to london by the former national carrier, not any old airline.