Groundhog - No offence meant but some of your statements came across as if written by a insular Cornishman and did not make sense, aswell as being geographically incorrrect.
The funny thing about all this is that they will undoubtably loose that West Country Local tag in a couple of years when Eastern dilute the west country influence and you could see them being based in Newquay with all the land being sold off at Plymouth airport. I believe 25,000 signed a petition to save the dockyard ,will there be the same media coverage and outcry about the airport in Plymouth i doubt it.
Letting a development company take the lease of the airport in plymouth was like
asking a wolf to look after some sheep. The councillors who agreed to that should be
shot.
Don't hold your breath on getting EU money for Newquay, i'd be more concerned
on Cornwall County Council having the money to keep it going.