Originally Posted by
blueheronNC
Would be great if the boarding pass computer system adjusted the printed "boarding time" based on the particular load factor of that flight. If the flight is running almost full, the boarding time on the BP gets pushed earlier to reflect the additional time needed to board. By T-24 hours, the system should have a good sense of how much capacity is on a particular flight and reflect it accordingly.
But of course, that would involve US IT updating itself from the mid 90s...
The flight load can be very dynamic though. If when you printed your boarding pass it was lightly loaded and had a boarding time closer to the departure time there was a cancel on the same route that required pax to be put onto your flight. Suddenly there's a need to board 20 minutes sooner (or whatever) and your boarding pass says "Boarding begins as x:xx PM".
There'd be more chaos by having a floating board time than if it were fixed and adjusted by the GA as needed.