At last! A better boarding method...er, maybe
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At last! A better boarding method...er, maybe
Yet another attempt to ease the boarding process. But will this survive reality?
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"Mildly" Eccentric Stardriver
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The real answer is to have a cargo version of your aircraft, and palletise the passengers before the aircraft is ready for boarding. Simples.
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From: Colchester
At last! A better boarding method...er, maybe
Make like primary school: "ok children, find your travel buddy, hold their hand, stand in line and answer your names...and if you can get a question right, you can have a sweety and a juice when you are at your seat..."
Paxing All Over The World
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Well, it made me smile. 
We have discussed boarding in many threads over the time I've been in this forum and I think it can be brought down to a few things:
Please note that I am NOT blaming the Ground Crew - they have simply been trampled by the ill mannered people.
We have discussed boarding in many threads over the time I've been in this forum and I think it can be brought down to a few things:- Some people want to board NOW and will push forward before their seat row/block is called.
- The Ground crew have learnt not to block this person as it leads to verbal abuse - or worse.
- Many pax have no idea which boarding system is in use and cannot hear the instructions clearly.
- Many pax work on the sheep principle - if others are surging forward - it means I'm going to lose out, so I'll press forward too.
Please note that I am NOT blaming the Ground Crew - they have simply been trampled by the ill mannered people.
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From: Confoederatio Helvetica
One more,
Use recordings dammit! It ain't rocket science.
- The ground crews instructions are given only in English (in English speaking countries). Even when the English announcement can be heard it is often with such an accent even English mother tongue pax cannot understand it.
Use recordings dammit! It ain't rocket science.
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From: Back of beyond
It's not quite palletised SLF, but SQ has quite a good system at LAX. They have designated seating areas in the gate area by row numbers. Anyone experienced it first hand? Can't imagine that it works much better than any other system, but it's an ingenious idea.
Nrext step would be to program self-boarding gates to only accept rows that have been called
Nrext step would be to program self-boarding gates to only accept rows that have been called
Paxing All Over The World
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Good Plan RM2: You put your boarding passing in the gate opens BUT if your row has not been called it directs through a short loop that brings you back into the waiting area AT THE BACK. 
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From: Potomac Heights
At PVG-Shanghai (lots of space in that terminal), United has boarding area set up with 5 or 6 separate queues (boarding group 1, 2, 3, etc.) with large overhead signs. Works far better than the one- or two-queue systems used elsewhere.
