Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

There is a little more space at the gate, but not a lot. They do announce that boarding is by priority, and call the groups forward accordingly, but the obvious reality is that the agents process anyone who turns up at the desk, there isn't scope, space or time to be punctilious about this.

But I think MAN is the worst example of this, the bulding space is just too limited, I'm not sure it was designed for 200 passenger aircraft and the biometric stage adds an extra hurdle. NCL the large room for the gate is divided in two so no problem, BHD has lounge access and space, ABZ is also space constrained but they can run a long line down the side of the building, GLA and INV are fine, it generally works OK there. EDI has a variety of gates, some are problematic due to the layout and nearby cafés and what-not. LBA they board in 5 minutes flat and politely so, hence it hardly matters, not that there are many in the higher groups anyway.