I think most people (except Roy) got my point, that even the super efficient Germans can't always run an Oktoberfest in their own beer tent.
As for diversions, save for emergencies, As Roy now agrees with me, pilots have little say. Its the commercial / ops departments that decide.
Indeed,it's the commercial departments that decide if an airport is fit for their needs. If the airline thinks the airport is not fit or suitable, then it has the choice not to serve it. However, it looks like Roy's airline are basing more aircraft at MAN than LGW.
It would be more productive to express your dissatisfaction through your airline management than venting out on Pprune.
As I stated before, we do not know why the diversions were refused on that day. MAN has very recently accepted wide bodied diversions, including A380s.