Originally Posted by
KARFA
be very careful with this strategy in T5 of waiting until the status is boarding. Gate open shows up when the gate staff arrive and sign in, but they can board without advancing the status correctly. It’s only when they need to close the gate they must advance the status, and will hammer that F10 key and go through boarding, final call, and gate closed in a matter of seconds. Unfortunately I have seen this happen a few times due to poor training.
This is so true and seems like a fundamental
flaw in how they run operations at T5.
I used to wait in the lounge until the flight said boarding but after some uncomfortably close calls, I go at T-30.
At times the terminal can flow beautifully so why haven’t they nailed this? The nerves that are unnecessarily wracked…