Galley King: You misunderstand me. Ryanair DO get parked on the Western apron, especially if parking them on the front stands means creating delays in the tunnel. At busy periods Easyjet flights that are scheduled to have 40-50 minutes on the ground will get parked remote a) because of the larger a/c on the ground which need the larger stands and b) because NO Ryanair flights are EVER scheduled to be on the ground for longer than 25 minutes. Too many people complain about stand planning these days, but they don't appreciate that several hundred passengers can be moved through the terminal by parking short-ground-time flights on the front stands in the same time that a longer turn-round flight is on the W apron. If it was done the other way round, more flights would be parked remote, more flights would get delayed (lack of coaches, see previous) which would give more people cause for complaint. What do you expect, every Easyjet flight to be parked on the front stands? Impossible. The logistics of the airport simply don't allow for it. The Excel 738's are frequently on the ground for two or three hours, which is why you see them on the W apron. And one final point: where is stand 6? Last timed I looked it had a coaching lounge built on it.....