Re: Easyjet rugby scrum, not EZYs fault
I regularly use both EZY and FR and both have 'scrums' to get on board. How bad the scrum is depends on the ability of the groundstaff to sort out the idiots who despite having 'c' or '66- 189' boarding cards always try to get to the front. Flying with FR to STN from PIK recently, the PIK groundstaff were vigilant and sending anyone back who did not have the right boarding card. However on the return the STN groundstaff let anything go.
I also flew WW just before Christmas from GLA to EMA (doing it again tomorrow night) and found that despite having a reserved seat the number of passengers who got on the wrong end or sat in the wrong seat was amazing and as such we left fifteen minutes late. The guy next to me sat in 5B was actually meant to be in 22E. He had mistook the Gate for his seat number!