Apparently, there will not initially be enough stands to cope with the number of movements!
There's no apparently about it! We have 10 coaching gates for starters in Terminal 5, so remote stands will be with us way into the future!
Also, you can look forward to the longest jetty in the world - at least a three minute walk from the gate to the aircraft door!
With the millions of pounds the architects were given for the job, how did they forget the most basic toilet facilities for the ramp staff - it beggars belief! However, by the time anyone realised the error, the 2 ft thick concrete ramp was already laid and smoothed so the poor chappies will have to put up with stinking and freezing Portaloos - and this at a 21st Century airport!