Originally Posted by
Harry Wayfarers
... But then how many people on St. Helena have any more than circa 18 months experience of managing an airport?
I think that at the moment they haven't even got experience of 18 movements !
It's a poor place - everyone is trying to get in on the act and stake out their patch
This seems to include all the extraordinarily over-cautious actions, one after the other, aimed at suppressing operations there.
As one whose taxes paid a substantial price for this place in an opposite hemisphere, I am getting more than a little fed up with these constant obstructions being put in the way. It's a shame that you can't just roll airport runways up and take them away like a carpet if the messing about and lack of positive thinking goes on for ever. There are plenty of other places who would have welcomed such a runway, all those navaids, and certainly many places who would welcome such a grand terminal.