Originally Posted by
mduell
The Europeans haven't really come around on the whole low-hassle experience we're used to in the US where you checkin online, head to the lounge via a series of priority lines, then straight to pre-boarding. Very attached to the sticker game and implementing it for the lowest common denominator pax without differentiated handling for different pax profiles.
Funny you say that, because 1) this shenanigans usually, if not always, happens on US-based carriers operating Europe-US routes, performing some US-mandated security theatre, and 2) that OLCI and whatnot is a very common thing in Europe.
When's the last time you've been out of the US and travelled intra-Europe or Europe-somewhere-not-America?