[/QUOTE]What makes the IOM so special that it is above LCCs? It has one semi full service flight to LCY. Everything else is LCC style, like most UK mainland locations are. IOM does very well for a place of its size.[/QUOTE]
I had no intention of implying the IOM is 'special', HM; certainly not as regards aviation. I agree flight availability, in spite of its shortcomings, is better than one might expect for a small population.
My comment was, I suppose, aimed more at the current state of the industry and its continuously deteriorating standards for passengers. There is nothing pleasurable or comfortable about aviation any more; not in the aircraft or the airports (especially the major airports). It has all the charm of a cheap pair of flip-flops. It has turned into a monetised racket where, to use a phrase first employed by William Vanderbilt in the US many years ago, "the public be damned."