There's an underlying theme running through the CVT saga and tht is the unstated feeling in Coventry City Council and shared by many Coventry people that without its own Airport, the city will lose it's status as a 'big' city.
There's also of course the hope that if CVT can be retained, the Airport's passenger business would one day rise phoenix like to challenge BHX.once again.
No one likes to see redundancy, God knows we have seen enough of it in Birmingham and for the record, BHX is still shedding staff!
So does Coventry actually need an airport?
How many people are actually directly employed at CVT? If the airport site was turned over to office parks and light industry I suspect the jobs created would outnumber those still existing at CVT.
Can't build on the airport land due to the infamous Covenent?
There's no such thing as a covenent which can't be overturned by a High Court Judge.
As for jobs, our Regional Development Agency AWM has bribed Severn Trent to move its Birmingham Headquarters to Coventry - that's 1,200 jobs for the city which probably dwarfs any job losses at CVT.
Sir Peter Rigby is of course a Trustee of the RAF Museum so perhaps he has a secret plan to move the Cosford branch to Coventry - now that would be the perfect solution.
