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Old 30th Apr 2011, 18:26
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Monocock

 
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If Compton Abbas want to run their airfield the way they do then let them. Grievances and opinions will certainly be of interest to them but the way they have been put forward here will hardly be listened to, mainly due to the circus type approach they have been delivered with.

Perhaps more important is the fact that the revenue created for Compton Abbas by visiting pilots is only a small fraction of their overall revenue. Whereas the majority of airfields actually rely on their pilots for their income, CA does not. The restaurant there mostly feeds the hoards of visitors by car, motorbike and coach and it would not survive it it had to rely on the bacon sandwiches and coffee that pilots buy. In essence, the real money-generating visitors come to see the aircraft who are there mainly as a spectacle only. What revenue is created by pilots is minimal and for that reason you can shout as loud as you want but they won't change!!! As long as the aircraft are there for their customers to watch they will keep making a good profit.
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