Speaking from a handlers perspective, our own guidelines for a major loco at Cork is to commence boarding when the final arrival passenger has left the apron which usually is +15 to departure - in the case its a early morning flight or a flight later on in the day (i.e. after a prolonged period on the ground) we board at +20 to +25 before departure depending if the flight is fully loaded or not, and we regularly have in excess of 180 pax on those flights. From my own perspective, handlers at BRS have no excuse for a ''herding'' style boarding when dealing with maximum pax load of 156 on the majority of EZY flights. However guidelines are set by local management, so therein lies the problem.
Last edited by Jack1985; 31st Oct 2013 at 11:50.