Originally Posted by
Out of my Element
... as soon as they announce my group.
Then you're not one of the people I'm talking about. There's people hovering over at the stanchions long before boarding begins, and many times without even an aircraft at the gate. I just don't get it.
I just sat for an hour in the departure area
... really? (You don't have any away-from-the-huddled-masses-at-security benefits (A-L, P-C, CLEAR, ...) so you don't have to get there so early?)