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Old 12th Aug 2015, 21:03
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The original decision to buy it, was wrong. It was a political decision of ridiculous negative proportions. Bluntly the place should have been closed a decade ago. But, we are where we are. What to do. Changing the mgt team, in the usual merry go round, is not helpful. At least Cochrane knew the issues inside out. That may well be the problem of course for the Govt. There is no life saver, no carrier waiting the wings, to whisk it into financial profitability. Not that long ago the terminal was a dance hall/rave club. The issue Scotland has, that affects every aspect of life here, is no people. Lack of population. Lack of wealthy individuals. I was in Bristol last week. Easyjet, Gla-Bristol was full, taking Scots to Bristol, to get cheap package holiday deals. Bizarre. So, give all the holiday firms zero cost for five years to operate from PIK. Make it a package holiday hub. Get BAA in on the act, to assist in the revival of PIK, subsidise Glasgow, build the rail route for it, whilst driving flights to PIK. Because if something is not done, then it needs to close ASAP, before it becomes a total cluster....
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