Cyrano - while I support your line of thinking, the last time I complaine to the EU about state aid, I received a polite letter saying the EU accepts complaints only from people or rival companies who can show some sort of likely loss or detriment to their business. Joe Public's anger about waste of taxpayer funds doesn't count as reason for a complaint to be listened to... if a complaint is to be addressed, it'll need to come from BRS or BHX airports or Cityjet/Eastern...