Agree whole heartedly BFS 101 but would also like to come at the runway extension from a non aviation approach.
The owners of BHD are motivated to increase the value of their purchase. The 'fund managers' employed are paid a percentage based on the 'asset value' of the fund. More profits makes the asset more valuable and hence lucrative to their bonus pool. Lengthen the runway and low and behold the asset value can be massaged mightily upwards in their favour with a nice earner all round from the increase in value. The 'sweating' of airport infrastructure is big business at the moment and these funds know how to charge/profiteer.
Those involved don't give a flying fook about the performance of a 737-800, nor the length of FR's involvement at BHD. They see FR as a route to increasing their personal wealth short term. They make good bedfellows - almost deserving of each other. The fact they both want to ride rough shod over the local community and have a tame management team at BHD to happily peddle their spin is sad.
Anybody prepared to put up with Ryanair's shenanigans when travelling should not have a problem with the additional 30 minute journey to a suitable airport.
The beauty of BHD is the location but it came to the owners with the penalty of a passenger cap, time constraints and a community on its door step.
The owners are carpetbaggers who knew what they bought into. I think they have been found out and nowhere in this thread can I find a rationale for the runway extension other than the airport owners and its minions financial benefit.