Traveled through Manchester last week arrive at security queue at 0445hrs for a 0620 departure took 45 minutes to get just through security joined queue just inside boarding card area, noticed a guy a few places in front of me in the fast track queue and just out of curiosity wondered who would be first through security answer the normal non paying queue, fast track was actually slower and if I had paid for this service I would have been very unhappy, problem is that fast track goes through just one security and as a result is a lot slower, did witness staff going along the line calling out for passengers on the first flights by the boarding time
Returned home on 6/4 Ryanair ex Palma , flight was delayed into Palma by over 3 hrs, upon departure the captain apologised for the delay and then gave the reasons the original aircraft had a fault with the refueling valve so a replacement aircraft was needed no spare Ryanair UK aircraft at Manchester so one was positioned up from Stansted the flight was due to dep Man at 1035hrs however replacement aircraft didn't arrive until 1224hrs, this flight was empty and should have had a quick load time to depart but didn't until 1418hrs almost 2 hours later reason you could not have made it up, Swissport had loaded 180 bags onto the flight but none of these bags were going to Palma so all bags had to be off loaded and correct luggage loaded onto flight.
Upon arrival at Manchester landed at 1937hrs some 3hrs 15 minutes late, we was held on the tarmac as there was no one to bring us onto stand, even though pilot had requested and been told we was priority, 10 minutes later we went onto stand, then we was not allowed to deplane as there was no dispatcher again from swissport to open the doors so we could get into airport, after around 20 minutes and repeated apology from Ryanair blaming swissport and saying Manchester airport is embarrassing a member of cabin crew did the dispatchers job and opened the doors so we could get off and enter the airport,
As we were T3 and nothing else had arrived in ;last 30 minutes we were straight through passport control, we had hand luggage only so was straight out would not guess how long wait would have been for hold luggage