deedave, it would certainly be a big lifestyle change to move to thanet, all is not rosey in this area, and the wages at manston are nothing to get excited about. as for ryan air using manston, i fear in the long run that it would cost infratil more in incentives etc. than they would gain in profits. i dont believe they make any money at prestwick. the better bet would be flybe.
ps.
notice catflap hasnt spelt out doom and disaster for gatwick/luton now that zoom and xl are no more! the piont being that it is no fault of the AIRPORT as to how badly an AIRLINE is doing.