ooh hit a nerve! Just trolling the doomsayers!
What about a Dash 8 landing without flaps? For that you need length. Something else Southampton hasn't got.
It's all a temporary blip with recession etc, MAG wouldn't throw away money if they didn't think that Bournemouth wasn't viable. They did try to sell Humberside as they couldn't see that as viable for expansion. Bournemouth would have gone the same way years ago if it wasn't for MAG's belief.
Keeping the faith.
PT