bealine: "I have even had a Dispatcher telling me to dispense with passport checks to get the passengers on board more quickly."
I am not surprised, since LHR still likes to board a 744 one-person-at-a-time through ONE door. I can only presume that it is to save on staffing costs that the second gangway sits idle.
It has been single door at LHR for a good number of years and how anybody thinks they can turn a wide-body around quickly whilst using one door for off loading and then one door for loading.
We always
used to board through two doors. When the A380 arrives, they are going to have to do something serious!