easyflyer83 - any chance you were crewing said ZRH-MAN route on Friday and we had a chat about this very same subject?
As a frequent "commuter" on this route (although not a weekly one as many of the others I've had the pleasure of travelling with), I can confirm that there is definitely some discontent about easyJet scrapping the route. Swiss were obviously very quick to jump on it though and promptly upped their prices by ca. CHF 50 over night "to make up for it"...
Here's to hoping the route does return for the winter and stays a permanent fixture thereafter. The flight has always been jam-packed whenever I've been on it (although granted those were typical commuter weekend flights).