Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
It is IAD. It borders on being an unmitigated disaster. Shoving, crowding, trying to board big jets from small gate areas, pissy people running late after a delayed int'l connection, you name it, it sucks. I've been sitting in F or C on 747s and 777s, trying to board when the cabin is announced, and probably 100 people have shoved in front at times.
fwiw, i had a great g/a at iad this past saturday. he did the std "for those w/small children or those needing assistance" speech but actually waited until he got an ok from the f/a's that these folks had not only cleard the jetway but had taken their seats ^. in additon, when he made the "first/gs/1k etc and seating zone announcement" he stated he would be enforcing it and he was vigilant in doing just that as i saw him fumigate the lice from the line ^^