Thomson Airways Boeing 787
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If you can put up with the singing aardvarks for a bit longer you might be controlling the Boeing 787.
Chris Browne, MD of Thomson Airways, said today that the company intends to use the aircraft from Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, East Midlands and Bristol.
Start date for the Thomson 787 is reported to be 2012/2013 (assuming no further delays with development I suppose) but whether Bristol will be amongst the first batch of TOM 787 journeys is a moot point.
I believe the 787's wing span is too wide for the parallel taxiway (will overhang the boundary fence) and will have to backtrack the runway.
Nevertheless, it will certainly cancel out many of the disadvantages of the short runway if its reported performance is to be believed.