this "Brittania still rules the waves" thing has been going on for years.
on arrival, and departure.
one of the ways around this shameless, and totally unprofessional conduct, is to request for your sequence. this may prevent more come alongs pushed in front of you as they appear.
they seem to have a "treatment index," one for the Brits, then the yanks, followed by the "friendly Europeans." ( scratch the Southern and Eastern ones,) and then the brownies.
you'll notice the number of guys jumping at you on this thread. but NO ONE
denies it