Zooker, for the sake of fairness if people live very local to the airport and the GTI would be classed as their local railway station, by way of a simple registration, drop off at the GTI forecourt is free of charge within forecourt allowed time constraints.
I fully agree with you that the new ******* (MAELR or put your own acronym here) bypass will very quickly fill up with vehicles from all the planned development along its route, as witnessed on the A34 bypass which is now basically full and there are frequent jams on the original bypassed routes. The number of lanes and types of intersections of the new MAELR has also severely limited its effectiveness and capacity in years to come.
All that said, I still believe that by this time next year the whole airport experience will have improved markedly if the decision makers and managers who understand how the airport operates are back in their natural positions, if not then we should expect more knee jerk solutions to self inflicted problems.
One big positive is that across the piste most of MAN's airline customers and service partners see the positives and are very willing to invest heavily with new routes, equipment and facilities.