Originally Posted by
MechEngr
The length of the queue does have something to do with demand.
If they can process 100 passengers per hour and a 100 passenger plane arrives, then it will take 1 hour for the last person to clear.
If 600 people arrive on one plane then it will take 6 hours.
Since the alternative to 600 people on one plane was multiple planes on a staggered schedule (they would not fly them simultaneously) then the depth of the queue will be greater than if, for example, it was 6 100-passenger planes at 1 hour intervals. Producing a huge spike in delivered passengers was exactly the reason the A380 was created in order to avoid multiple planes to move the same number of people.
Sorry but just doesn't work that way. We were stuck behind a group of about 50 pax all whom seemed to have incorrect documentation and each one took ages to be either processed or rejected. Nothing to do with spikes or multiple arrivals