Originally Posted by
rog747
Good God! LOL Not just the 1990's PaxBoy, but some 60 years after package holiday flights first started (with quite big planes) and they are actually having management meetings and pow-wows as to how to board a plane WTF!!!
I cannot believe we are having this nonsense given air time....God I could run this shower standing on my head
I posted this on Jet2 who were pontificating about boarding a plane ---
2 sets of steps used for pax boarding/disembarking for a 737 800 or a 757 for instance is much quicker than an air-bridge/jetty as long as the ground staff get both the front and rear steps on PDQ
Also today the ramp ground staff also have to faff about for ages (for H&S reasons gone mad) in setting up an elaborate chain link barrier system and cones to stop pax walking under the wing - this also wastes time on a quick turnaround if the ramp guys don't arrive with the kit or it is not left on the stand (more junk on the apron)
Back in the day the ground staff girl/boy boarding/meeting the flight, (or the No.4 CC would get off first) and would stand at the end of the wing to guide the pax accordingly - it's not rocket science, been doing it since 1972 lol
Back in July I we were flying with operator Cebu Air out of teen weeny Camiguin Airport, regularly Cebu Air have their own airport ground staff but with so few flights thru Camiguin I observed it was actually the airport's own handling wearing Cebu Air uniforms.
Cebu Air board their ATR72 pax in three stages, front, middle and rear, it is regular that as soon as they announce boarding there is a stampede of most passengers who don't understand seat numbers etc. and to achieve a 20 minute turnround sometimes a blind eye needs to be turned to pax stupidity, I was sitting back with the attitude that there is no rush to board because they're not going anywhere until we all board and I was watching the carnage, this handling agent were taking the boarding process by strict dictation whereas they were turning some pax around who were then blocking the progress of the pax that should have been boarding resulting in a very slow boarding that delayed the turnround.
I'm glad I'm retired from this nonsense and I can sit back and observe it with humour.