AMC:
you should wag the finger at the local authorities for an utter failure to operate in a commercial world
Let's get this right. Local authorities don't operate in a commercial world. That's because...they're not commercial organisations! If you have a beef about "failure to operate in a commercial world" then surely it's with Peel - oh, unless you accept that DTVA is not a commercial operation and needs some other form of support.
The big picture is there are too many airports chasing the market
Now you're getting somewhere. Putting the two things together, we now live in an Animal Farm world where "public sector bad, private sector good" and government prevents itself and other public authorities from being effective because it's determined that the profit motive is the only determinant of social usefulness. If you want a world like this, by all means vote for it. But don't delude yourselves that the provision and maintenance of airport infrastructure is a given in that dog-eat-dog world.
NS