In short, why not lighten up a bit?
..i guess because its really really sad that a once great airport appears to be falling apart !
You would have to work in airport marketing to put a positive spin on what is happening at the minute.
If there was one problem in isolation fair enough but Manchester Airport is facing a culmination of problems brought on by what appears to be lack of investment over numerous years.
Many on here share a sense of frustration because there is no voice in terms challenging what is actually going on.....the local councils never seem to criticise their management team, the regional papers are deafeningly quite so the status quo is maintained....
The current recession should impact on decisions in the future, but is actually being used to hide many faults created by numerous years of senior mis-management !
Problems that should have been addressed years ago when times were good were never fixed, many of these issues have come to a head at the same time !
..as has been said, does anybody have evidence of an airport being closed because the runway is crumbling ? ...if it were not so serious it would almost be humerous !