Object

London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options

Representation ID: 6239

Received: 02/04/2009

Respondent: mr david Moyse

Representation Summary:

I object to this,the potential for employment is severley limited, especially in the current economic climate,
every other airport has far a lower employment per million flights ratio than Southend is proposing it will have.Why should it be any different.Already southend airport has made redundancies that limit its capability to take diverted flights from city airport, and Ipeco one of the largest employers has also made significant redundancies whilst Flightline has gone into administration.

Full text:

I object to this,the potential for employment is severley limited, especially in the current economic climate,
every other airport has far a lower employment per million flights ratio than Southend is proposing it will have.Why should it be any different.Already southend airport has made redundancies that limit its capability to take diverted flights from city airport, and Ipeco one of the largest employers has also made significant redundancies whilst Flightline has gone into administration.