What do these PAD people think they are really achieving by hijacking the airport?  The Thai economy, that's what. 

You would have thought with an economy that needs tourism, Rule no. 1 should be -- do not piss off the tourists! Simple.   This is my 14th trip to LOS and i reckon with internal flights , hotels , transport and spending money i must have pumped  £50K + into Thailand .  ( Excuse the phrase "pumped"!)   Do they not realise people have a choice and may decide to go elsewhere because of all the recent instability in Thailand?   I've been on to my airline and they are not re routing to other Thai airports .  All flights are cancelled i was told , try phoning again tomorrow.   Great .    Still , at least i'm not stuck at the airport like some poor sods.  They said in the news the PAD have planned this hijacking well,... seems to me they have not thought of anything except themselves and are just hurting their own country, own businesses and their own people.