albert,
Chief apologist? Maybe need to read line one of my post again.
The rest of my post is about airports in general. And airports in general can be a bit sh*t.
JFK regularly has immigration queues if 2 hours. I've spent 3 hours in one at LAX. 2 hours in Dallas and 1.5 in LAS.
BHX has had it bad this summer, father in law a frequent flyer too and had a bad experience in FRA, LTN a pit and even DUS had to send out advisories this week about longer security checks.
Yes, MAN is bad, but the worst? Not by a long shot. I really do question people's motives or true travelling habits if MAN is the worst they have seen.
If course it can and should be done better, but If the above makes me an apologist, then I honestly don't care, I shan't be loosing any sleep, that's a certainty!