“While pilots whinge about £10 landing fees, we are going to lose a lot of GA airfields.
We need to accept that if our key airfields are going to survive they need to make a living.
I was at one very GA-friendly airfield that offered free landings in the expectation that arrivals would refuel.”
Did the airfield concerned offer Mogas? Many strips do not charge landing fees and have Mogas, or the facility to get it. Not much help if you need night or IFR approaches, but works for most of us. GA is changing, and some, like Sywell for example, are changing with it, others are offering the same old mix that worked 20 years ago but is not as relevant today.
Rod1