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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 5:46 am
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jamienbaker
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Originally Posted by DLERT
Not much of a hassel Boarding thru door 2L. The F/C or BE board and go left the
Zone 1 Priority pax go right - not much of a jam up here - then the rest of the zones
starting boarding and things start to slow down. Deplaning should not really be much
different. Just a simple matter of everyone getting in sync and queing to their zone
boarding announcement. And please re-consider boarding from the back of the cabin
to the front Zone 2?

What is irksome is BOARDING an aircraft with one jetway using door 1L. It is not
appreciated by the first/business class passengers/customers to have to be rushed to
store their carry on gear and get settled into their seat before the mad rush thru door
1L takes place. It is also nice to have the FA take your coat and offered you a preflight
refreshment and welcome you. Dual aisle wide body aircraft are not any better than
single aisle and definitely need to use door 2L.

Imagine loading a 747-8 or 380 using only one jetway and boarding everyone thru
the first/business class cabin - Aye the natives will be restless after that event !
The airline that does that has not only shot themselves in the foot and then put that
foot in their mouth and hopping around on the other foot making dumbfounded apologies.

Delays are inevitable with bad planning; attention to detail and poor passenger boarding
technics - read more correctly as passenger crowd control.
CX F in HKG is nice. F boards 1L, but J and Y board 2L. Sucks if you're in J, but über-relaxing if you're in F!
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