Some interesting replies, thank you.
WE DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR SEAT NUMBER!!!!!!
It is a security procedure, all we are checking is the flight number and the date to ensure that you are supposed to be on this aircraft. WHY DO WE DO IT when the boarding staff should have already done so???? We do it because sometime in the past people have managed to slip through the system and as it was decided that the cabin crew are the first and last point of contact for anyone intending on entering an aircraft it is best we check again just in case!!!
No we only tell you which way to your seat just out of politeness!!!
Please don't shout!
Its laughable you call it a 'security procedure' when I have seen quite the opposite!! Take some of the Greek Island airports, from recent experience, after having my boarding pass checked at the gate inside the terminal, passengers were then directed (unescorted) down a walkway leading to the apron, passing by numerous open doors to airside baggage sort areas (no one supervising us or any airport staff). So it defeats the check all together, as a baggage handler/any airside apron staff could simply take my boarding pass and board the aircraft! and I could have disappeared off into the airport.
Please don't call it a security check!
So in theory, at airports where there is no direct air bridge connection, the last line in defence against incorrect passengers on a flight is in the terminal building at the boarding gate and that should be the case anyway I would have thought?
I've never understood why people feel the need to question this
I'm mainly bringing the topic up due to what I've just mentioned.
I expect some passengers also feel an annoyance factor too, ie. why am I, having walked 50-100 metres being asked for my boarding pass again?