Originally Posted by
jagmeets
Possibly the way the US carriers do- atleast at times - rope off the entrance for the lower numbered groups once those in that queue have boarded, and then manually allow the later arrivals in through that (now roped off) queue.
I am not sure they have the manpower for all this at outstations? One benefit of the crazy long line approach is that they don't need many people.
But it is crazy for Y passengers. If you somehow missed that it's time to line up for a minute you could wind up in a situation where you have to walk for a very long time away from the gate to find the end of the line, and then discover you're one of the last people in the cabin with potential implications for overhead baggage.