I agree people should check out opening times for the airport and train times before travelling, it's called common sense
Was on the 0700 BFS flight last Thursday, only had 14 PAX.
Maybe potential passengers do have common sense and have noted that the only option is to drive to London Southend for a 7am departure.
I think Southend will establish itself as a new airport for London but it will not be as easy as some folk here think. Only 14 passengers on a 737 has to be viewed as bad news but it is still very early days.
New routes will come and some routes will fail but as long as the easyjet bean counters can see an eventual profit at the end of the tunnel they will stick with Southend.