Originally Posted by L337
Now the BP has an electronic tag that is read by the machine at the door. That is how the heads are counted in this day and age. So when we are "one down" we know exactly who it is, we know exactly (ish) where on the aircraft his bag is, and we can get that bag off quickly, and get on our way.
Right. So the 'security' aspect of checking the BP again at L1 is to identify those passengers who have materialised or dematerialised
in the jetway ?