I live 15 minutes away and have flown out of MME around 50 times over the last 3 years, all to AMS and 90%+ of the time I am connecting on to somewhere in Europe.
Of course the place is not the nicest airport and KL charge a hell of a premium over NCL/LBA but I use the airport for the convenience (and my employer is paying). I normally catch the 6am (ish) flight so up at 4:30, taxi at 5am, arrive at 5:15 and plenty of time to get through security and have a drink in the lounge.
The alternative is BA or KL from NCL. Similar 6am flights but a 45 minute drive plus roadworks plus 5 minutes walk from the carpark plus busier security would mean leaving at 4am (and getting up at 3:30)...