I am a little intrigued at something I noticed the other day at North Terminal. It may be that I've simply not noticed this before as I normally go directly to airside without hanging around landside.
I took the Mrs. to the airport for an 1800 flight and as we arrived very early, and she was already checked in and had no hold luggage, we sat and had a cup of tea. All flights showed on the departures board as 'check in at area ..whatever'. I was expecting that at some point they would change to 'Go to Gate XX' but none did and at about 1720 I thought she should go through although it still showed 'check in'.
My question is, do they only show the gates on the airside departure boards, and if so, why?