Coming through Manchester this evening and it's as terrible as you'd expect. No queue at checkin which was a novelty but queues for security where backed down to both ends of the terminal. Overhead a policeman's radio say they were trying to process 3000 people. Fast Track was in use but you had to fight your way to get to it. People for whom time was against them where being pulled out of the queue 20 minutes before scheduled departure time and rushed to the front. Checkin - Fast Track - Lounge took circa 1hr 15.

Security staff where blaming checkin staff for apparently opening desks late and then dumping people en masse. The lounge staff are blaming an 'unexpected' number of passengers, they're saying MAG where not expecting an increase in passengers until Easter and they've just 'appeared all at once'.
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Boarding was a scrum, no announcements, no groups, no separating of queues. The barriers at gate 7 where opened and it was a case of everyone for themselves.