To play devils advoctae for a second I feel much of the criticism of BAA is unjustified. Much of the security issues arise from the fact that tye GOVERNMENT raised security levels overnight then stood back and watched the ensuing chaos they caused. Then blamed BAA for not being able to cope to massive changes overnight. Not to mention the number of people causing congestion at the search areas by carrying banned items despite having the restrictions rammed down their throat.??
If BAA had their way T5 would have been opened years ago but the GOVERNMENT dragged their heels through the various enquiries etc. BAA asked to build T5 years ago for very good reasons..to try and avoid the current congestion!
If you call for the break up of BAA you need to ask yourself who would run the airports. One thing is for sure there are very few companies who could do it and you would not see the levels of investment that are currently made.
BAA was a FTSE 100, blue chip company before the Ferrovial takeover. A few people and some big pension companies in the City made money out of the takeover. As an operating company the Ferrovial takeover did BAA no favours..
