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I had a closing date for applications to become ATC at DSA of 23rd January in my head for some reason. Have I gotten wires crossed? Just I see that a recruiter is sharing on LinkedIn that FlyDoncaster are still on the lookout for experienced air traffic controllers. Those 35 or so applications...

It’s politically too far on to just put the brakes on now. What we need to find out is whether the CFO at SYMCA is prepared to sign off on the funding. I doubt we’ll hear any specifics of the lease being amended to more acceptable levels, but the risk of Peel triggering the break clause will...

Yes and the lease was agreed with Peel under the premise that the risk would be shared with the private sector. As FlyDoncaster was established in November 2024 the council have effectively had almost 15 months to renegotiate the contentious terms of the lease owing to the change in ownership...

Well it would have been valuable to them as a successful airport, they clearly know this is never going to happen so they need the compensation for being held to ransom by the council. I wonder what their other plans are for Gateway East as so far all we’ve seen is housing and some local...

I understand that a 20% on turnover on top of rent is standard practice for things like shopping malls and other commercial entities so it’s not abnormal. It does however add significantly to the overheads when compared to DSA 1.0. As we know, they’ve been steadfast is ‘saving the day’ that they...

Well what will happen now is any airline that might have been looking at it will be asking for some exceptionally favourable terms and subsidies in order to de-risk sufficient to commit. However they will also be aware, assuming there are some lines in the sand with the discussions over the...

My concern would be, when full council were asked (instructed?) to vote in favour of the £57million to front load the scale up, where they all aware that these clauses existed or have they been asked to borrow against a pot of money that’s not even guaranteed to be awarded as it’s subject to...

Perhaps, but the council admit they couldn’t purchase the freehold. They say ‘Peel wouldn’t sell’ but we know that everyone has their price and Peel sold Teesside so they were amenable to reasonable offers. I think this lease was Peel knowing it won’t work and using a high bar as a deterrence...

I don’t think much of this has come as a surprise, but I certainly didn’t expect the 20% of turnover to be paid to Peel! Seems that this is the contentious clause that Coppard is hoping/needing to see negotiated down/removed before the money can be released. I think he also wanted to remove the...

If they want a Heathrow they should probably think about building a London next to the M18.

To be honest the ACC is irrelevant, they can use Chadwick’s site as the outlet if they want but they’ll probably need to publish the minutes elsewhere too in order to enable full free access to anyone who needs to see it. All it is there for is to engage with the local community and allay any...

It’s being done to turn attention away from the YP ‘scoop’ which I believe is the first of a number of things that may come out in the coming weeks and months. The planning aspect will not be the only point of possible contention in that 96 page leaked document, that’s for sure!

Ah but the program director and the mayor say that 70% of the air freight entering or leaving the uk does so via LHR so therefore there’s a massive untapped potential. 🤦🏻 I bet that’s quoted in their elusive business plan too.

https://www.placeyorkshire.co.uk/north-heathrow-ambitions-outlined-for-doncaster-sheffield-airport/ Yes you read that right, the ‘Heathrow of the north’ with a glass ceiling. All from the Program Director DSA. A bloke who’s spent his life climbing the greasy pole of civil service.

Well it was nothing that wasn’t already blatantly obvious. Peel stipulated planning consent for three developments surrounding the airport including the 1200 houses (which appears to how be 1400 houses) otherwise they’d pull the lease on the airport. Pretty standard stuff all told, but...

Looks like I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what these secret documents say. Looks like it might be an interesting full council.

It’s like me saying I’d be a millionaire in Zimbabwe.

Thanks for your clarity on this. I do wonder whether the CDC are asking for derogations on the proposal based on the fact that, well, they had it before so what’s the problem? Hence the focus on other ANSPs and airports but not the other considerations. Problem with that is the CAA are obliged...

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