I am sure somebody will put me right with all this and I hope so but I don't see MAN progressing as fast as BAA sites
Apart from LGW. LHR is well ahead of any European airport. STN is growing in confidence quicker than Cristiano Ronaldo! Scottish sites won't cause MAN many problems.
MAN need EZY or FR. If either of those carriers were to pump money through MAN (which they won't because of LPL), then MAN would certainly give STN a run for it's money! MAN has the long-haul connections that STN crave, and maybe a major LC airline at MAN would kick start the MAN revolution! (There are currently only three MAJOR LCCs in EU - EZY, FR and AB that fit the crieria that MAN needs).
I'm sure people will have different views, but MAN can't just rely on the summer traffic, they need year round LCCs which bring millions of passengers through MAN's doors each year.
MAN don't have this yet - STN does.