MV, I agree hindsight is a wonderful thing! If you asked an infrastructure planner in the fifties to predict the future he probably won't have foreseen mass air travel. It was only the arrival of GO that saw a real increase in traffic at BRS. The LCC's have really made the airport. BAe were shrewd when they made their application to turn Filton into an airport. I remember at the time they said that there would only be scheduled operations, at a time when charter movements far outstripped scheduled at Lulsgate and no LoCo's existed. Perhaps they saw the potential for LCC's? I agree whole heartedly that BRS has punched well above it's weight and long may that continue!