But everyone agrees that Prestwick's current terminal is ancient, falling apart, too big and not fit for purpose. So if the sole determinant of all of this is M O'L scratching his ba's of a morning, as seems to be the fashionable conclusion nowadays, then surely closure of the terminal gives FR - having moved to Glasgow - a major opportunity to say to the Scottish Govt "build a wee portacabin and we're back". So it doesn't reduce their clout at all.
But god help us if public ownership of the airport gets us nothing more than a slight delay in presenting our a***s to M O'L to be shafted.
NS