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Originally Posted by aacharya
(Post 17982888)
Based on last night's SFO-EWR p.s., flight, yes. Family of six all tried to sit
together, but had two boys in the Exit Rows. FA was a bit frantic until two pax agreed to move (from 10 to 5). Of course, I couldn't sleep, as there were not one but two wailers and a cranky four-year old behind me. So it happens...though I am seeing a bigger emphasis on exit-row seating lately. I thought the p.s. flights only operated between SFO/LAX and JFK.......:confused: |
Originally Posted by nycboy
(Post 17985986)
Oh yes preventing people for sitting in exit row that are not eligible is really not worth 5-20 seconds per passenger.
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Originally Posted by rwsteelers
(Post 17988650)
More often than not the choke point in the boarding process is not scanning your BP, but rather the ramp and aisle once you are on board and looking for overhead space (all those oversize rollers). I doubt this process has any measurable impact on overall boarding time.
You're right about measurable impact, but in general, things that slow down a process tend to...slow down the process. |
Originally Posted by dbaker
(Post 17988760)
Exit row pax tend to board first since they're gold/plat and there aren't jetway delays yet.
The real issue may be added time if GA has to reassign seats - not sure what was "wrong" with the old process of FA's doing their job and worst case scenario asking a few people swap seats. Anybody know what motivated this change from UA's perspective? |
Originally Posted by rwsteelers
(Post 17988650)
More often than not the choke point in the boarding process is not scanning your BP, but rather the ramp and aisle once you are on board and looking for overhead space (all those oversize rollers). I doubt this process has any measurable impact on overall boarding time.
Pro-active FAs definitely help here - tactful ways of saying 'please step out of the aisle - yes, Mr./Ms. DYKWIA, this also means you'. |
Originally Posted by chollie
(Post 17989429)
:mad: The person in row 2 who stops, sets his personal item on the seat, puts his bag in the overhead, takes his coat off, folds it neatly, puts it in the overhead, opens his personal bag and takes out headset, paper, etc. ...then finally steps out of the aisle and into his seat - all done at a leisurely pace. Turns out to be my seatmate, has the nerve to comment later on the golden days of flying when 'people weren't in such a rush all the time, life was conducted at a more civilized pace'. Um, yeah, the aisles were wider and the hips were narrower back in those good old days...
Pro-active FAs definitely help here - tactful ways of saying 'please step out of the aisle - yes, Mr./Ms. DYKWIA, this also means you'. |
Originally Posted by jlemon
(Post 17988513)
Is p.s. service now being offered SFO-EWR?
I thought the p.s. flights only operated between SFO/LAX and JFK.......:confused: |
Originally Posted by rwsteelers
(Post 17988894)
Early in the process yes, but not before F, by which point you already have a line forming at the airplane door/galley, so the extra 20 seconds with the GA reduces your time waiting for F to get organized.
The real issue may be added time if GA has to reassign seats - not sure what was "wrong" with the old process of FA's doing their job and worst case scenario asking a few people swap seats. Anybody know what motivated this change from UA's perspective? sitting there at least twice near folks who didn't speak English well at all... |
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