TSR2,
Don't get me wrong, Bristol has done an amazing job with what it has, but they do keep saying promising new developments, ie the hotel that was supposed to be open next year and going back many years (20 years)they had planning granted for hotel, conferrence center and swimming pool in what is the original car park at the old terminal, together with other non proceeding projects seems to let Bristol down and in the past has led to services initially destined for bristol have gone elsewhere- Blukan Bulgarian for instance in the late seventies/early eighties with the TU 154 eventualy went to CWL along with Toronto amongst others etc. that seemed to usher in the change of fortune that saw CWL almost wipe BRS out untill Les Wilson arrived on the scene and clawed business into Bristol, though that should not happen again we could still loose out, it is often quoted 'Emirates' to middle east, now they will not go any where on a promise of having facilites when they start.
More recently it was mentioned when the Dreamliner was coming they were saying that the roadway next to the golf course would have to be moved further away and two large turning bumbells added at each end of runway to allow it to turn around backtrack the runway to holding point Charlie so it could taxi straight upto Stand 5, this was due to the wing overhang, this is what i was getting at, not the management.