Ren,
I must say I’m 100% behind your moderation here. So far as this forum goes I would still be a relative newcomer, though I was an anonymous reader for some time before joining. It never ever ceases to amaze me how the most mundane of posts can very quickly degenerate into either a Boeing v Airbus or GLA v EDI slanging match, despite the fact that the original post may well have been about none of these things. It just takes one poster to mention that a certain service would do well if it began at, say, EDI, and next thing the vitriol appears from those who take that as being a terrible slur on GLA. The same is also true in reverse.
I thoroughly enjoy reasoned debate, and this forum (and others) have produced many great nuggets of information and news over the years, which is why they should continue. All that I would implore all the posters to consider is that constantly reverting back to ‘tribal’ bickering is simply BORING for those of us who couldn’t give a toss one way or the other !!!!
I have lived through 30-odd years of tribal problems here in Northern Ireland and, personally speaking, the last thing I want is to get a different flavour of tribal-speak all over again on an aviation forum. Let’s agree that both Airbus and Boeing make damned good planes, and that EDI and GLA are (in their own ways) fine airports. I’ve travelled many dozens of times in the last few years through GLA and have many criticisms of it, but can also see how some of what goes on there mirrors what is happening in Belfast (both at the International and at City). We are on the up, with new services starting right, left and centre. Competition is a good thing, and given the right conditions, which have all been aired many times before, both the Scottish airports could be top notch airports. As has already been stated, PIK’s freedom from BAA ownership is now beginning to pay dividends again, so it may too have a secure and expanding future.
Good luck to them all.
Sign In
