Unfortunate
I agree that the expansion of EMA is a good thing; it will obviously benefit the local economy and the airfield.
But I disagree with the airfields methods of just running roughshod over EMFS and closing down a thriving business.
Plus this removes a decent well run training establishment in controlled airspace from the East Midlands region, this can not be beneficial to the aviation community as a whole, how many now professional pilots trained (and hopefully) benefited from training with full ATC etc etc at EMFS?
I've written to the managing director of EMA outlining my disappointment with their decision not to re-locate, not only a thriving private aviation business, but a well respected training establishment from the East Midlands!
Spru!