Peel most certainly did not build up the "golden years." They paid £500,000 for a healthy and thriving business that needed investment. They promised £25m and gave nothing!
bmibaby, Flyglobespan, Wizz Air, extra Ryanair and Eastern flights all came about under Peels watch, granted it all went again, but as said it went for reasons concerning the operators (change in business model, bankruptcies, recession etc etc etc)
Newquay, Exeter, Bournemouth, Norwich, Humberside, Finningley, Southend have all done better.
and how healthy are their finances for it me wonders, I know Southend at least were losing a lot of money
"Is it me or is cautious optimist back under another username... again??"
Seems a similar pattern here with so called Robert... "The facts" man!!
That old chestnut, bored of it now...believe it or not it is possible for more than one user to share the same views and opinions, CO was a Peel fanatic, whilst I lean towards pro-Peel there are things about them I despise, believe it or not.