In my mind fewer groups of more people is not going to do anything to resolve the mess. As it is now, the boarding areas are often crowded and crazy as groups are called. With larger groups trying to board it is just going to be even crazier. I know I really don't know too much about this because I am just a lowly Silver now--with 20+ years as an Elite/PM. Things like PA announcements you can actually hear, boarding areas big enough to handle the crowd and enforcing the groups all of the time will go a lot farther than this "new plan". On a recent EWR to PBI trip we used a gate designed for an RJ, 12 seats in the waiting area and 150 passengers. Brilliant.....