Originally Posted by
RTWFF
Over the past thirty years of flying I've always regarded airline lounges as a bit of a con job. I remember telling Qantas (in writing) many years ago that they were at risk of a Trade Practices investigation for advertising the domestic Qantas Club as "an oasis of peace". They replied sternly (of course) but I noticed the advertisement was soon dropped. Like anything associated with mass transport, lounges are never designed to handle peak volumes, just average volumes
I think you need to put it in perspective to the public areas of the terminal. I find the level of calmness in the lounge is less than public areas of the terminal but tracks in the same direction.
Sunday morning the terminal is calm and the lounge is an oasis of peace
Monday morning the terminal is pretty busy like Central Station and the lounge is no oasis but is much calmer than outside.
When there are upteen cancellations due to bad weather the terminal is chaos and the lounge is very busy but far more tolerable than moving outside.