In message , at 14:35:14 on Sun, 22
Jan 2017, Neil Williams remarked:

Of course, nowhere can match Stansted for sheer awfulness - the slow and
infrequent transit shuttle there just being the icing on the cake of
passenger-hating crap if you have the misfortune to arrive at a remote
gate.

Agreed there, Stansted is a terrible airport in just about every way.

They got to start from scratch on a greenfield site, too, so there is
no excuse for just how awful it is.

It has to some extent been "a victim of its own success". When there was
just the original check-in hall, and access via bridges to the
satellites, and a car park at its door, it was excellent. What they've
perpetrated now is a combination of security measures, congestion, a
shopping mall, and new gates built down to a budget for low-cost
airlines.
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Roland Perry