Originally Posted by
crazy8534
Very reasonable question, FamilyOf6.
I am a fairly regular A380 1A/K traveller and I will admit that I have taken to (with permission of the crew) slipping upstairs so that I can get off quicker.
Having said that my wife was apparently recently beaten-off by dylanks (wait, what?) (she 1K, he 1A) after she went upstairs and he waited patiently for M2L/M1L to be opened at DFW!
My experience is that they will almost always hold back those behind 2L to allow the F cabin to deplane before those behind 2L, even if that actually means allowing the forward CWS cabin off first (for instance in the refurbished 777s).
At the risk of being corrected, my understanding with the A380 is that the upper jetbridge has to be connected to U1L before D2L* can be opened.
Now what should happen, is that the passengers at U1L are held back until D2L calls to say First has disembarked - however this very rarely happens.
*I know there are some airports where D1L is used for the A380 (DXB), but the majority of the time it's D2L.
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