Sir Peter
Sir Peter is not "urinating into the wind". He is very cunning and rich. Peter has got a key seat on the LEP - the board that proposes where all the government growth funding is going. Around the airport farm land and old car works will become vast business parks & Warehouses will generous tax breaks. The airport will operate for business flights and a little bit of everthing else. It will never be a pax airport again.
Sir Peter needs the media and councillors on-side and will tell them what they want to hear. The rich population areas that can support a small airport are just as close to BHX.