DCS99 you mention ZRH. U2's MAN-ZRH almost always uses airbridge equipment in ZRH. Last Tuesday we were placed on remote which included a 15/20 minute taxi. The reason for this is that there were no airbridge/terminal stands available and this was down to us "being out of sequence" due to the fact that we were almost 2 hours behind schedule. So with your reasoning do you care to elaborate?
Purplehelmet.... the odd delay is really not going to put anyone off. Passengers or potential airlines. The problem experienced by EY on Friday was an isolated occurance. Even if this happens 2 or 3 times a week (on an airport wide basis) it really isn't a huge problem. By contrast this happens on a much regular basis at other major airports........ LHR for example yet airlines are falling over themselves to fly into there.
This reminds me of the old "oh Emirates won't stand for that" comments. EK, EY and the rest all fly into some dog rough places and in comparison, MAN is a first class facility.
Just to play devils advocate, why not blame EY for sending the much larger A340-600? Because it is a ludricrous suggestion in the same vein that suggesting MAN has serious problems because an aircraft had to wait for a stand.