We Have done the flight to Amsterdam many times, it is not a problem and cannot be compared to the package tours. Try a flight to Dalaman. T.C. sub-contract with a Turkish Airline, so no online check-in, no booking seats, not even a word that there may be food onboard, so no dumping bags. Just waiting in a queue up to 2 hours just to get a seat together.
Also, if there is a conference on anywhere in Aberdeen, the Airport is mobbed and you cannot move anywhere and not much chance of getting a meal either.
Then if there is a flight delay, everyone is packed into the Airport like sardines, we know been there done that. Phil has made many business flights from Aberdeen over 35 years and has always said it is the worst airport of all the ones he has visited. His American colleagues were always amazed at how bad Aberdeen Airport is.
The private lounge is rubbish. Just drinks a few bags of crisps and tiny prepacked cakes.