To add my tuppence...
What said it all for me was the interview with the councillor on local BBC last night that CCC believe that this is a world first for a military airfield to become a civilian airport. The words 'Doncaster' and 'Finningley' spring to mind.
Talking about believing your own propaganda. If they get something as fundamentally wrong as that, then there is no chance for Newquay Airport. 'Tis a damn shame, for as a local I really, really want it to succeed. But it won't until they get in somebody who knows how to run an airport to do the job for them.
Incidentally, there was an item on this morning's local BBC that ASW and Skybus have contingency plans. I imagine that for ASW that will mean bussing people to Plymouth (or asking them to travel there themselves if possible), but for Skybus, perhaps operating out of Perranporth?