mathy, when and where did the Governor say that ?
The Governor announces that WHBM has said a Wellington can land on St Helena.
It would be most worrying if sort of a 'who is the most courageous' competition would now evolve under pressure as a result from that top secret 'task force'.
Looking back I found this:
St Helena Air Access ? Atkins
Atkins is providing project management, civil and geotechnical engineering, business case and risk consultancy, market research and demographic consultancy to develop a solution for air access to St Helena.
Atkins was the first consultant to devise a technically feasible airport solution that meets international safety standards. It requires a 1950m runway on the only relatively flat area of land on this tiny, mountainous and volcanic island situated in the Atlantic Ocean. This was supported by a wide-ranging study which produced integrated technical and economic arguments.