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Now that the 767s are gone, you can't say any particular service is likely to run from A10 any more. Some days A10 is just for half a dozen services. Management maintains a tight focus on on-time departures - rightly so. Consequently if they know they have to load a full 777 in 20 minutes flat and boarding can only start 25 minutes before departure, that won't be a service going from A10. On the other hand, the ability to prevent people boarding after T-20 is much easier from A10 - if the bus has gone, the bus has gone. So if they have an aircraft somewhere out in the park, fully ready to go, with perhaps only a 60% passenger load, then that would be in the frame for A10 since getting that to depart on time would be much easier.
Incidentally, and depending which stand is used, it sometimes saves 5 or 10 minutes of taxiing to the runway if a remote stand is used. Moving off an airbridge is a bit like playing 3 dimensional chess.
I also prefer A10 departures, 5 minutes from security, 5 minutes from the T5A lounges. I just turn up about 30 minutes to departure.