@jack and others
I didn't have family, others did, and they might find the walk long, as well as the climb, or the lift (queue for that was long). Gate 5 is at one end of the building, passport office in the middle. We won't go over the airbridge nonsense again, but the walk is LONG.
Apropos shuttle, never noticed it, should I have? I remember using it in the old days. My point here is that the access by foot to the long term is ludicrous, over the hills.....
My points about the dropoff are well supplemented by 840. Oh and madame told me the bags came up on another belt, not the one mentioned and still announced on the monitors....
All the comments reinforce my point of not fit for purpose. The building/layout/access is new, ffs.