Originally Posted by
Land-of-Miles
Good that you can see who is who in the lounge, it must be difficult to see anyone onboard due to all the smoke
Another advantage of a 787 is that you can keep nice and warm

On board doesn't help you as you can't 'simply' identify the status of the passengers.
A separate holding pen for Emeralds clearly identifies them.
It is useful to me to be able to answer the question "roughly, how many golds are on board".