Let's face it penelope,
CVT closure it is and it has been a disgrace since the start of it...
- first of all for all the personnel working in CVT, who were without a job before Christmas.
- of course it's bad for all the TO based in CVT; don't we forget than ALMAT Flying Club went into administration one week ago; and it went bust due CVT closure of course.
- Atlantic Airlines has its maintenance in CVT; moving everything outside the place it will be a big problem as you can imagine.
- same thing for RVL and West Atlantic
I'm sure it's not possible for everyone one to say "alright guys we're moving to Birmingham tomorrow"... Move business like those will be a great mess ayway, with a loads of costs anyway... Unexpected costs in the worse moment for aviation.
Anyway... CVT is unsafe at the moment... It might be unsafe as any farm strip, but for commercial training for example you can't take off nor land from a unlicensed aerodrome... Moreover there is no service at all in CVT and all CVT based TOs would prefer a place with fuel, fire service and ATC or FIS or A/G...
They might decide to fly for the time being, but it won't last for ever... Soon or later, everyone will call himself out of CVT... At that point CVT will be a new symbol on a UK chart... And we'll call it "CVT disused"...
Sadly, as far as I can see, that will be the closest possibility...
amcapt89