Where were you parked? The Downs?
The reason why you were parked on the western apron and not on one of the front stands is because there are only two front stands that can handle the weight of a 757 and because the charter guy’s only fly once a day during the winter period, if they were to be parked on one of the front stands they would be blocking that stand for the rest of the day/night.
As for waiting 40mins for a bus, this is hard to believe. When your flight landed there would have been 2 Cobus 3000’s waiting for you. These buses can carry up to 100 passengers each so 2 1/2 buses would have been needed for 235 passengers. What will cause a delay in disembarking are other passengers fumbling around in the over head bins, having a stretch in the isle or chatting to the crew.
As for whinging about waiting for your baggage, you have to remember that there are 220ish bags on a BY 757 and if I remember correctly, BY’s policy is for the first bag to be on the belt at +20 mins ATA. Now if your bag wasn’t the last on, and therefore the first off, then you can pretty much guarantee that you will have wait for your bag. Another thing you have to remember is that the EZY 737’s usually don’t have that much hold baggage so passengers don’t need to wait at the carrousel and can exit quicker than you.
So to recap, BRS does not need another handling agent because Servisair and British Airways already do a cracking job nor does BRS require anymore staff. What is needed is for more passengers to realise that BRS is a busy regional airport that serves them well and that inevitably they will have to wait. I wonder what you would have to say if you flew from LHR where it can take 15-20mins to get from the aircraft to immigration, a further 15-20 mins (sometimes longer) wait at immigration, another 10-15 min walk to the baggage reclaim area and further 40min wait for your baggage to arrive...So it can take up to 1h 35mis before the wait to find your bag.
So please, consider this the next time you fly from BRS...