You don't need to be Transport Minister to have a bit of commercial awareness. Not sure what Humberside (or being Transport Minister)has to do with it, but thanks for attempting to ignore the main points..
LBA is less than ideal in its location and facilities, but it works. Not this morning it didn't. There is no scope for a Manchester style international airport in Yorkshire.. That boat sailed in the 60's.. The boat has not sailed anywhere - I disagree. (as the former leader of Leeds City Council has recently stated.) I'm not sure where the multi million pound investment is coming from to turn CF into an airport capable of handling the type of traffic you keep alluding to? Why would you know? DSA only got it because it qualified for EU objective one funding. CF would need a runway extension of at least 3000 ft to handle anything bigger than a restricted 737. It will be incremental growth from a project that it is capable of sustaining itself starting small and growing in the way failing airports are incapable of. The landing distance at LEA is circa 500ft shorter than LBA. I don't agree with your figures. The current road connections are worse than the ones connecting LBA.. They are smaller perhaps but closer to the Motorway and much less busy and congested and capable of upgrade and so don't agree.
So not really much going for CF if we're looking at it from your perspective, I think completely the contrary but if we're being realistic it has the potential to become an excellent GA facility for Yorkshire.. This will most certainly happen
Again I would question whether your love of HUY has some bearing on your opinions relating to the gradual growth of LEA?