Originally Posted by
sigma421
Exactly. The A4 experience is tremendously variable. Sometimes they hit the 'boarding' button early and have everyone milling around down there (there are far too few seats) for around 30 minutes. My last experience however was fine. It said boarding, I waited a few minutes before leaving the lounge, headed down the escalator and walked straight onto the bus which almost instantly pulled away. Bussing isn't so bad like this!
The early boarding can have benefits. I was on this flight last Thursday and was warned on entering the lounge that it was likely to board early. It did, and although I left the lounge within a minute of it showing 'boarding' I was one of the last few on the bus. It was lightly loaded, we got away 20 minutes early and arrived 25 minutes early. That was very welcome!
I had also wondered about being bussed when using this flight before; thanks for the explanations given above.