Boarding The Ark.
The previous post reminds me of an earlier day on the ramp at Luton when in pouring rain our gallant passenger services staff led a long crocodile of passengers to embark up the rear steps to a Dan Air Comet only to disembark them 10 seconds later from the front of the aircraft and proceed in a completely unflustered and orderly manner to another Comet which was parked next door. Thus the first passengers were eventually boarding the right aircraft while the tail-enders were still boarding the wrong aircraft. The Herd Instinct worked very well on that occasion. Did we larf? Not 'alf!