Righthandrule,
A great post. Perhaps Jet2 are partly being hit because they fly to "real" flight times, as opposed to building a bit of fat into each flight time?
Also, one thing to bear in mind is the number of flights that depart late due to to PAX not arriving at the gate on time / bags needing off loading. Whilst this applies to all airlines, some of the routes (eg TLV) attract greater incidents of this.
One of the problems at Manchester (as well as ramp congestion) is the use of the second runway - there are times when it is closed and the queue for departures and arrivals is ridiculous.
As for itsonthebox's
all the tech a/c get dumped there for the ginger beers to fix
That's a load of bollox and insulting.