Originally Posted by octr202

Again, I've not been traveling on other carriers since many went to group boarding, but I'd hardly say that breaking up family groups to board is going to work well on an airline with a lot of leisure travelers. A lot of times you may have families or groups that don't necessarily need pre-boarding but would desire to be kept together (thinking traveling with kids who are old enough to not need extra time, but not old enough to be sent ahead without parents). You'd think a system could tell if say the middle and aisle seats are on the same reservation, and board both of those passengers with the one group or the other, since they won't block another passenger from getting into the row.

I'll be on a flight tomorrow night (in the scenario described above, middle and aisle) so it'll be interesting to see how it works out.