I cant understand why there is so much antagonism towards Paul. He ran the airfield, it was successful, won small airfield of the year twice and people came to Oban on a regular basis. Now that the Cooncil is running it it cant even attract enough planes to cover cost.
When the inter island service wanted to run an extra flight to pick up the excess passengers, which would have meant the airport remaining open for an extra 30 mins or so, it was met with an very definite NO!!!! Ermm correct me if I am wrong but surely thats the whole idea of the airport upgrade!!!!
If Oban closes we are in for a very bad time in aviation on the West Coast as there is no other supply of Avgas short of a massive detour to Prestwick or Cumbernauld so like him or loathe him he is very much neaded!!!
