Wired.com Article on 'Smarter Boarding'
 

http://wired.com/news/technology/0,7...ory_page_prev2

...be sure to look at the animations.

I think the problem with all these funky new systems is there's insuffcient staffing at the gate to manage them. Usually the agents start the boarding, then get distracted by other issues and it's every man for himself.

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada

That and the proliferation of status, exemptions, and abuse thereof have created so many loopholes they don't work well.

Any boarding system including paper, scissors rocks is fine with me as long as my precious metal colored card gets me on board first. :D

I don't know that I have seen many of these used, thought the pyramid one looks interesting.

So, Southwest is the only airline without full loads :)