Originally Posted by LeisureFirst

I have never seen priority boarding of any kind during any of my many departures from MAD. Once when a CE passenger expressed some surprise about this, he was told rather smugly by one of the ground staff that the boarding process was "very democratic". I wonder if the moron that said that felt the same thing about the onboard distribution of champagne or width of seats. Although the check-in agents themselves at MAD are fine, there seems to be a special species of BA-uniformed goon at MAD that hangs around the check-in lines and the gate, doing nothing but being rude to people.