Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
The whole thing is bonkers in my view. There are ELEVEN boarding groups covering perhaps 150 travellers on shorthaul, where 40 of that 150 (and rarely, over half the passengers) could be in Group 1. I think it should be cut to CE - then ET with status - then ET without status, 3 groups with perhaps Pre-Boards, and get rid of this overwrought, overthought circus.
Agreed but as it was explained at the time of introduction, the system had restrictions and wasn’t able at the time to reduce the number of groups based on aircraft size. The result is that they worked based on what was required for largest aircraft and that was applied to all. Realistically you only need groups 7-9 on A380 and group 6 on other long hauls. Prior to the current groups, it only went to group 5 but the general view was that there were to many people in groups 4 and 5, which on long haul was correct.