The problem that screwed up Oban as you will see if you read back a couple of centuries was the Council attempting to create a commercial airport supported by some unhelpful and inappropriate (apparently) professional advice.
That has been compounded by weak leadership resulting in petulant defensive behaviour.
The Council need to take sensible advice from people with experience on how to limit the damage caused and stabilise the situation. They could do worse than consult the management at Gloucestershire Airport where a thriving GA community coexists with a modest amount of scheduled traffic very happily and without rules that aren't directly related to safety and efficient operation.
There's not a snowball's chance in Hades of getting Oban airport on a sound financial footing without subsidy, but that subsidy could be minimised by maximising revenue and that requires an attractive and reasonably priced package for light GA users. There's no way that anything other small scale commercial traffic will work and that requires little or no infrastructure over and above light GA.
They then need to put someone fairly strong in charge to keep the children on the straight and narrow. I could be available
