Originally Posted by
RealFish
Not that the group number will be of much use where remote stands are involved. Here the rule seems to be first on the bus, last off.
Of my twelve flights so far this year, five have involved being bussed (LHR, Santorini, Lisbon, Helsinki, Funchal), where on arrival at the aircraft there was a mad rush to the steps - people running, desperate to get their wheelies in the lockers. This phenomenon was at its worse inbound on the evening business flights (notably Helsinki where there was no attempt at the gate to seek volunteers to 'hold' their bags - resulting in a 20 minute delay), less so on the bucket and spade services.
I don't think BA have any aircraft left which can be serviced by only one bus (possibly except the Embraers at London City, which if you went BA to Santorini you may have been on). Minimum of two, and of course often more. So given that the buses invariably depart the bus gate in sequence of boarding them, there is no issue.