Originally Posted by
Pilot37
That has been in operation for quite a while on short-haul flights I’ve taken where we arrived at a bus gate. The crew would signal to the driver when the Club had deplaned and the bus would head to the terminal (it isn’t a 100% guarantee, but I’ve had it enough times to note it was more than a one off occurrence).
I had this on a recent flight back from JFK. Remote stand, F and J customers boarded, when they all boarded, crew stopped others from boarding, bus made it's way to the terminal.
Bus was still almost completely rammed and I don't really see what difference it makes busing F & J customers to the terminal as you just end up merging with a tonne of other arriving travellers all trying to go through the same e-gates. Barely made a difference in my eyes and didn't offer any additional 'premium' experience in any shape or form.