I only heard this for the first time earlier today. So as an observation then how is this to be administered?
The only UK airport that I have come across something similar was NQY. Where it was administered & indeed collected as a departure tax. i.e. you actually had to have paid for a ticket which you needed to present to board a plane. Being "in your face" & not as simply an additional cost at time of purchasing one's airline fare then it did raise it's profile to those who had a grievance. However in NQY's favour was the clarity that your money was going to assist the development of new airport facilities which were abundantly obvious.
As to how this will be seen in DTV's case is possibly a greater issue if seen as simply some form of punative employment tax simply to keep the airport open.
