My suspicions have been aroused….my beady eye will be fixed firmly on this thread.

In the meantime, can we please avoid yet another GLA-vs-EDI? I don’t care who started it or who thinks they didn’t – let’s stop it here and now.

I’m seriously considering adopting a policy of awarding a 24hr ban to anyone who starts a GLA-vs-EDI thread or turns an otherwise “innocent” thread into one.

The latter would have my vote. Is there any logical reason why anyone should turn this into a GLA v EDI thread? I posted the link for general discussion – in a forum where it is on topic – quite why it suddenly turns into a matter for discussion by moderators is a sad reflection on the narrow-mindedness of some contributors in Central Scotland.

Instead of trying to exploit the EDI v GLA issue – shouldn’t all of us in Central Scotland be grateful of the fact that the majority of us are no more than 1 1/2 hours at most from EDI, PIK or GLA and the myriad of flights now available from these airports? The fact that BAA is hedging it’s bets re future expansion is even better for all of us and the fact that PIK’s owners are finally investing in the airport infrastruture is also good news.

We have never had it so good and the article I posted suggests to me that if it ever comes about BAA will ensure that the location of an extra runway will be decided by them and not politicians.

Simple as that – and who can blame them.