That will be the same management team who were part of or connected to the consultants who made a mess of the transition of changing over to a civil airport to such an extent the CAA would not let them open when they wanted to. They also spent a lot more money on doing it than they had to ,the Airport Fire department being an example. This in turn also meant it opened with running costs that required them to have an income that was totally unrealistic for its catchement area.
One member of the Management team spent 2 years restricting salaries that meant many proffessionals turned down job offers for when it opened. It was a good job they did not have too many flights as they did not have the staff to deal with it. The same person then gave himself a £50,000 pay rise.
The region was better served aviation wise when it was an RAF base. Good connections without all the costs.