I've been told that its not possible for staff travel standbys to get to the gates after flight close-out at check-in, due to the requirement to be at certain places within the terminal a minimum of so many minutes before departure. Has anybody here done a trial run based on being a standby passenger?
(Also, the same source says that the baggage conveyancy system has been trialled using empty suitcases, but now that properly weighted cases are being used, the system cannot physically cope once its running near to full capacity.)