Thanks for your replies WRK and pug.
I think what happens on these forums sometimes is that
- everyone has their own opinion or affiliation to an airport/airline/region
- somebody puts something provocative or contentious
- it is a rumour network, so sometimes things may seem just plain stupid
- you can't tell what 'tone of voice' they mean it in so if you're in a good mood you'll send a jocular reply back; if you're not you might resort to sarcasm or flaming
- then it escalates into personalities and Machiavellian plots.
I'm sure if all the recent posters sat down in a pub and had a few pints we'd have a civilised, if somewhat passionate debate. After all, we wouldn't be on this site if we didn't want a successful aviation industry
everywhere in Yorkshire and Humberside. There weren't debates like this when all was going well with the economy. But anybody over about 25 knows that recessions end eventually.
-but obviously we are annoyed if some airport is succeeding while others aren't, and we think there are too many airports, or one is poaching routes
This is all the stuff of good discussion.
If you haven't looked at the FR thread, it's like about 10 cats scratching at each other, with a few others trying to be reasonable. I wouldn't (or perhaps I would) like them to be in a pub together.
