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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on October 29, 2024, 01:00:09 AM

Title: As a regular airline flyer, I've ran into a good amount of inconsiderate lice
Post by: theking on October 29, 2024, 01:00:09 AM

...at the gate while waiting to get boarded:

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American Airlines is testing a new system to humiliate ‘gate lice,’ the people who try to board planes before their seating group is called

For decades, scientists have tried to decipher why exactly humans cut lines. Is it a false sense of urgency? An innate desire to be first?

Whatever the reason, American Airlines wants you to cut it out. The airline is testing new technology to alert passengers and gate agents when someone tries to board before their seating group is called. The system will produce an “audible signal” when a passenger tries to board the plane before their seating group is announced, according to the airline. At that point, an alerted gate agent would send the passenger back to their appropriate group.

“The new technology is designed to ensure customers receive the benefits of priority boarding with ease and helps improve the boarding experience by providing greater visibility into boarding progress for our team,” American Airlines told Fortune in a statement.

The new tech is being tested in Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico, Arizona’s Tucson International Airport, and Virginia’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

“Gate lice” have long been a pet peeve of flight attendants who consider the premature gate-swarming behavior to be disruptive and rude.

"Just stay as out of the way...
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