I dont think its pathetic at all JW. What is pathetic is defending bottom feeding clampers or any organisation that engages them. Clamping high revenue resident clients is particularly short sighted.
It depends how you use your aeroplane. I like to blast off abroad on a whim when I get some spare time, and return when I feel like. The last thing I want in the equation is worrying about when my parking ticket expires. Beats me what the 6Ps have got to do with it - I want my P's to involve preparing the aeroplane for flight - not chasing around paying for parking. Why can't they use annual windscreen stickers for residents?
Also my experience of flying into Shoreham is not particularly positive, so I avoid it.