Originally Posted by
bealine
Thank you, F3G, this pressure at the gates is something I have highlighted many times as a strong objection to airlines' obsession with On Line Check In and Self Service kiosks. The Gate Staff really don't have time to do their jobs properly!
What? Gate staff looks a the boarding pass. It says "MRS". It is a "MR." who wants to board. Realizing this takes what, .5 seconds? If they don't see it, they are in the wrong job.
However, let's start a discussion on the automated boarding machines that LH has. In Munich, for a domestic flight, you can check in on a machine, go through security with a brief look on the boarding pass but no ID check (!), and then board using a machine. That sounds wrong even for a strong proponent of check-in machines like me.
Somewhere along the way, there should be a person checking ID vs. boarding pass.