Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Because of the bulk loading and computerisation process I can't see anyway to give true priority to First Luggage, given only 8, 14, 17 or fewer passengers, short of deliberately holding up the bags for everyone else in the same Unit Load Device, until all the First bags are extracted, which would be slower for every passenger, First or otherwise.
BA could do what LX/LH do, which is load the F bags into the bulk hold so that when the aircraft arrives on stand they can pop the door open, whip the bags out with a belt loader in seconds and have them on the belt within a couple of minutes. But that would require them to have a dedicated person to do that, and then drive them to the terminal, long before the first ULD is even off the aircraft, and that costs.