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I doubt the airport will go into 'red' as the airport does not rely entirely on mail flights. There is a considerable GA base in Bournemouth, also the business park revenues & private aviation firms spread across the airfield, also nearly all the new Flybe routes are performing above budget, thus they are slowly building up performance. As for job losses, I don't know.
In regards to the drop off fee, the people of Bournemouth & Dorset should count their lucky stars that there is a local airport on their doorstep, the fee is like a convenience charge. If people rather spend out more on rail fares/fuel costs to go to Southampton or one of the London airports, then that's their choice, but I reckon 99% of the time they will be losing money in doing so.