Ridiculous argument, how can you blame the "aviation sector's" environmental ills on Manston alone?
ManstonMan, he isn't blaming Manston for aviation's ills! He is only saying with the current environmental debate regarding aviation people may be more suspicious of the funding required in Manston when the overall need for an airport in Kent is hardly pressing.
Aviation in the last 10 years has boomed massively and still no one has bothered to look at Manston, other than EUJet and look where that got them!
I understand completely people being optimistic regarding the future for the airport but what with a possible recession in the future and the knock on impacts on airlines this will have, what chance is there realistically of Manston ever getting flights? Ryanair and Easy have loads of aircraft on order but they are more likely to be based in newer EU countries than at Manston.
What is really starting to bug me is whenever someone posts something negative people accuse them of having a blinkered attitude towards the airport. This works both ways though! Sure be positive but the trivial posts regarding aircraft movements are a little tiresome now and be positive and realistic at the same time. People with a negative attitude towards Manston are entitled towards their opinions just as much as people with a positive attitude are.