PF:
NorthSouth does seem to have a bee in his bonnet, a grudge to bear
No bee, and no grudge, just a concern that some people seem to get lured away from the facts as soon as low-cost operators are mentioned. Take Expressflight's point that
Easyjet regard a TODA of 1,800m as their minimum for normal operations
then look at the shortest runways they operate from in the UK:
Aberdeen TODA 2030 and 2040
Inverness TODA 1970 and 2037
Isle of Man TODA 2057 and 2815
Belfast City TODA 1917 and 2029
Then look at Southend's 1799 and 1799.
And in case you might still regard this as some kind of grudge against Southend, let me say that I think they can still attract commercial services with smaller aircraft - twin turboprops, E175 etc.
NS