Interesting post and, to be honest, even though I live 30 minutes from LGW and 90 minutes from SOU I am seriously thinking about using SOU for my next trip to Scotland to avoid the LGW chaos. Re coaching. It’s common knowledge that to achieve on time departures when coaching you need two coaches - one for the bulk of the pax and one for the “runners” as we used to call them. The question is whether the airline is prepared to pay for the second coach.