My friend isn't unlucky he is furious as it has cost him a further £262 to get to his final destination and he has been delayed 2 days.
I am not unlucky, I am a very frequent traveller who will only put up with a bad experience for so long. So, if more suitable alternatives come along then I will use them.
I don't mind arriving into Terminal 3, so I quite fly out of Liverpool, Birmingham or Heathrow and fly back into Manchester dependent on my business needs.
For instance, in July, I am flying out of Heathrow to Frankfurt (mainly because of ridiculously high Lufthansa fares from Manchester) and then back from Hamburg to Manchester.