Fast Track boarding finally at MAN
May 17, 2014, 6:18 am
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Fast Track boarding finally at MAN
Passed through MAN this morning and noticed at gates 141,142,143 they now have barriers and a labelling for priority boarding. Amazingly it was even enforced!
I took a few pics but will have to wait until later to post.
I took a few pics but will have to wait until later to post.
May 17, 2014, 6:22 am
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May 17, 2014, 6:23 am
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I had the pleasure of meeting up with Tobias-UK in T5 earlier in the week. He was just off a Manchester flight and indeed he reported that these gates were now barricaded off to enforce Fast Track. We weren't sure how the middle gate would work if the others were in use, but anyway, progress at last. I feel that enforcement would be done with some relish in Manchester....
May 17, 2014, 6:28 am
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Fast Track boarding finally at MAN
At first I wondered if this was another of the spasmodic efforts they sometimes spring on you at MAN but it sounds like it might be a more definite arrangement. (?)
May 17, 2014, 6:33 am
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Definitely looks permanent! I took a couple of pics on the iphone I'll try to post later, but currently sat in LHR T3 in a random bar waiting to go to LIS (how depressing is T3 vs T5 at LHR?)
May 17, 2014, 6:39 am
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This was in force last Saturday at Manchester as well, and i was surprised for a rather empty flight it was still policed / enforced 
So much so i was the first on the plane, and the cabin crew where taking a well earned break, and where shocked to see me, in a good way
So much so i was the first on the plane, and the cabin crew where taking a well earned break, and where shocked to see me, in a good way
May 17, 2014, 9:30 am
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Fast track/ Priority boarding is now in operation at gates 142 and 143 and has been since last Saturday. Priority boarding is in use at Gate 141 , but Fast track remains a bit of a problem due to the confined layout of the area and the close proximity of the Biometric Scanners to the gate area.
May 17, 2014, 9:49 am
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Fast track/ Priority boarding is now in operation at gates 142 and 143 and has been since last Saturday. Priority boarding is in use at Gate 141 , but Fast track remains a bit of a problem due to the confined layout of the area and the close proximity of the Biometric Scanners to the gate area.
PS.Great that Fast Track is operating!
May 17, 2014, 4:37 pm
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The term you highlight - which I agree is in poor taste, isn't very imaginative and should not really feature here at all - generally refers to passengers crowding the gate areas, not the staff. The previous arrangements, plus the corridor led infrastructure, did make it difficult for passengers and staff alike.