Originally Posted by
skywardhunter
They're first out and tags aren't ripped off, the two don't necessarily correlate, however, as the priority information is also contained in the barcode, and more importantly, priority tagged bags are loaded into a separate container for priority delivery, the sorting of priority bags doesn't occur at the destination airport.
Actually unless the F load is high or there are many Plats on-board, often 1st and Plat bags get mixed in the J ULDs. There will only be a dedicated ULD for F if EK can fill it.
When this happens, that means at the destination, the staff unloading the ULDs should ideally unload the J ULDs quickly onto the floor and quickly prioritise the F bags within them and place them on the carousel before the J bags.
Obviously this is more work than just unloading the ULD straight onto the carousel with whatever bag is easiest to reach. Unless supervised, ground staff tend to not bother with this.
In some stations there may also be space constraints or airport regulations that make unloading bags onto the floor prior to placing on the carousel unfeasible.