Hey, it could have been worse. They could have started A-List at the normal A-16, with EBCI after them and filled the A-1 to A-15 with serendipitous and clueless late check in travel naive PAX. "Oh, wow, look this big hole in the queue! Lets put some folks there."
But, they did not. Whew! At least part of the line assignment algorithm is done right.