On the other hand the story for Leeds origin passengers is--- for a business trip coming back from Paris or Amsterdam, hand baggage, a brisk leg stretch airside, a three minute walk landside within the building, get your mate to pick you up at the Travelodge, five minutes walk down the road hopefully not in the rain, you can be in Leeds centre 45 mins after walking down the aircraft steps. A darn sight better than the big airport experience! Last time I went to MAN, an airport I like, it was an hour from getting off the plane to driving out of the car park.
I do agree the LBA terminal building could do with razing to the ground. But for better or worse this is a commercial game and Bridgepoint have to justify their investments against the projected revenue streams. With Jet2 and Ryanair as their main customers it's never going to be easy.