Should airlines let late arriving passengers go to the front of a long ticket counter line so that they don't miss their flight?

NWA did this the other night, and because they had no FC line, and because of this policy, I stood in line for over 50 minutes, as did many other PAX who arrived in plenty of time.

Had I arrived late, I would not have had to wait.

One more note- this was at midmight. There were no traffic problems anywhere.

Any thoughts?

[This message has been edited by BoSoxFan45 (edited 07-31-2000).]