Ian, I appreciate there are separate issues. I wasn't trying to apportion blame, merely relating our experience. Overall, we had no real complaints. Plane left 15 minutes late but arrived Palma on time. However, there was enough evidence to suggest that MAN can be on a knife edge as regards waiting times, which can suddenly increase significantly - for departures and arrivals - not least due to the variation in traffic flows that rutankrd referred to.
Over the years, our experience at MAN has been pretty good but I accept that some travellers have been less fortunate.