rubik, read my lips: STN WILL NEVER BE CLOSED!!! Too much at stake, too much money generated. If anything, STN is in danger of being bought by a consortium involving FR... and it bores me to go on about this subject but quite frankly, where do you think he will move his planes to? LCY? LHR? an overcrowded/overpriced LGW? EZY would love FR to move out! happy days, take over the routes and clean up behind them. Molly would get the old "You're Fired" in less time than it takes to say the word BALPA!
And the customer is not stupid, he will still turn up at STN, he might actually like the customer care from whoever takes over.
It is OUR job to get RYR in the community of normal and transparent companies that make up this great industry.
If you think you're not a defeatist, this is the actual definition of one: "a person who too readily accepts or expects defeat"...
So rubik, CHEER UP, nobody is saying it will be easy, but we are against the wall now, and start BELIEVING it is possible. Let's DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Support BALPA!