Originally Posted by
scottishpoet
you will not be on the bridge when the inbound is still disembarking.
It helps the ontime departure if people are already waiting on the jetty
It also means the gate team can show they started boarding on time
You can be stuck part-way during disembarking if there is a split bridge with physical segregation; it happened at VCE today.
And while it might in theory help on time departure, I am not convinced the maths support that — and it is at the expense of passenger comfort.
Originally Posted by
scottishpoet
It also means the gate team can show they started boarding on time
Now that might be a cause. Perhaps metrics producing undesirable results?
Originally Posted by
EuropeanPete
it can be extremely uncomfortable (European summer jetbridges can be 45 degrees+ at times) feels a pretty hostile thing to make your passengers do. I could have saved £200 and flown Ryanair if I wanted to be exposed to the elements and long queueing.
Absolutely. Especially unwise as it is the premium passengers.
We had the same on IB departing Buenos Aires when it was 40 degrees outside and considerably more inside the airbridge, with no air circulation. Everyone was sweating buckets by the time we eventually boarded. Horrendous. Meanwhile Group 3+ were comfortably seated in the gate lounge.