You are absolutely correct JSCL and it must happen at a higher level than the local authority. They are the ones with most to account for.
The scandal was set in motion in 2000 - the moment Plymouth city council awarded the lease of the airport to a housing development company.
The fact that the airport and the airline survived this long under such belligerent ownership is testament to its viability.
I ask people with greater knowledge of the facts than I to compile a record of what has happened and hold those people responsible to account for the sustainable future that has been stripped away from the southwest.