AT Notts,
yes a pity for BHX. You seem to be saying it doesn't matter how many years BHX has a full plane nothings going to change.
MAN and GLA have a base station ,but at one time both did not, so an airport has to start somewhere.
BHX problem was that it didn't have a long enough runway to support Vancouver and Calgary, hence why we could only get Toronto.
However at least that part has changed now, so in theory technically BHX could support a base as well.
Quite clear by Canadian Affairs reply to me that they have simply very little interest in BHX irrespective of loads or yield and theres very little you can do about that.
Nigel