Agreed, but there should be international to international connection facilities at airports like MAN and BHX (thought MAN had it), they are not small airports!
MAN now has a facial recognition scan for all domestic passengers and staffed access to domestic gates with another facial scan. A massive pain in the a*** if like me you have the wrong kind of face for the stupid machine. The old bat on security told me I was "doing it wrong". Quite how in her confused state she thought I had another spare face I could do it better with was not made clear. Be careful what you wish for, it's just another stupid obstacle in the way of getting from A to B. This is to grow international to international connections. Now it's bad enough at LHR and LGW, but to put all domestic passengers through that pantomime for the minute number of people who connect internationally through T3 is just a poor passenger experience.
BHX be careful what you wish for.