So what would you do to change the airport to your liking? Reduce security?Security at all UK airports is dictated by the Government / DFT / CAA. If your main gripe is the drop off zone or smoking charge and that makes BFS the worst, then what about those airports who have £5-10 airport development charge.
Most airports have some form of extra income as airline's demands to have lower fee's and the downturn reduce the income of an airport, welcome to the world of making money and with airports I would get used to it.
If you think security is over the top at BFS now, then you obviously never travelled from BFS when the police checkpoint was on the road, the antrim/dublin road was closed for access to the airport and when you got searched entering the check-in hall