I would remind people that HL was boss at the airport BEFORE Peel came along , and things have turned T*ts up since that company took over.
My views on 'Hughies' competence & ability to run a and develop an airport are well publicized. The bottom line is that irrespective of who his employers are be it Peel or whoever, if he feels that he is constrained and unable to carry out his role then he can of course leave and seek a new job. Presumably he could have applied for the job at LBA, or perhaps he did
, then again perhaps even they found
someone
whose track record isn't going to reduce their airfield to little more than a grass strip in five years time. As for the suggestions of nepotism in recruitment, then nothing surprises me any more, perhaps Peel are rubbing their hands with glee that they have an ally to assist in undermining the sites principle function - an airport