Amelia, it seems inevitable that FR are announcing a base at MAN any day now (another truly incredible u-turn from them).
I had the "pleasure" of flying BFS to BRS at the end of June. BFS truly is an unpleasant place. New shops don't help. Nor does the attitude of the staff there.
I could tell my flight was delayed by an hour (the only obvious inbound which arrived 25 minutes before departure was delayed), yet it took the lovely people at BFS right up until departure time to update the screens with this news. It made no difference to me as I was staying in Bristol that night, but one couple were heading to Cirencester and their friends had already left home to collect them from BRS.
It is the small things that make travelling through an airport bearable. In my experience, the small things are sadly lacking at BFS.
As an aside, what if you see Hades ice-skating on the River Styx?
