Originally Posted by ldsant
Wow. . .what does this add to the conversation?
In all the times that I've flown out of IAD to or from SEA I too have noticed that it is oftentimes a free for all. Several times out of what was the G concourse, there were several people who either missed their plane or got on the wrong one. A few weeks ago while flying AS from PHX there were numerous families with small children. The GA said "for those families who have children 3 years and younger, please step up to board. . " I thought that was a nice way of dealing with all of the families and expediting matters as well.
not sure what you mean by this but i was simply trying to state (and perhaps in your opinion, not very well) that where the op had a lousy experience boarding at iad, i had a good one with a good g/a who after making the announcment and accomodating those who needed to board first, informed the pax that there was a boarding order and that it would be enforced. my reference to fumigating the gate lice (picked up on by
exerda) was not used by the agent but rather my poetic license to elaborate as to how the g/a worked the line. apologies if my attempt at humor didn't sit well with you but with all the craziness asscoaited with flying today (real, imagined inane, inept and fabricated), you still gotta be able to laugh.