Originally Posted by par

cutting lines keep costs down since the duty cycle of the flight crew begins when they enter the airport. If they would spend lets say an hour in line then that is another hour on the FAA clock which would force airlines to have dual crews for many routes. After learning how duty cycles works for flight crews i have much deeper understanding on why it's a good thing for me that they get to cut the line. Now, this can be done out of sight or whatever -but it's still a good thing in the grand scheme of things