Originally Posted by
Often1
However the BG's are designated, this has been pretty common practice on AA and other carriers for years. No need to turn the boarding proc
ess into an overly-formal thing when there is no need. Chances are that the first person in BG2 and the last in BG3 both get OH space and there really isn't anything else to be said for boarding early.
Yes, they get space, but I would prefer it to be over my seat
Additionally the issue isn't as great when calling 2 and 3 together, but the OP indicated they also lumped in group 4, which is much larger