American Airlines’ new system can catch up on early boarding

Passengers trying to board American Airlines Those who fly before their group is called may quickly be loudly rejected at the gate and kicked back to their group.

American Airlines The company is reportedly testing a new system that will sound an audible alert when passengers try to board out of sequence. When the alarm sounds, gate agents will be instructed to return passengers to their group.

“The new technology is designed to ensure customers easily enjoy the benefits of priority boarding and help improve the boarding experience by providing our teams with clearer visibility of boarding progress,” a statement from the airline said.

Most airlines have a problem with so-called “boarding lice,” where some people ignore calls from boarding groups and just try to board as quickly as possible. Most gate agents either don’t notice or don’t confront the sneaky behavior. But that may be changing.

The system is currently under testing Albuquerque International Airport In New Mexico, Tucson International Airport in Arizona, and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia.

American Airlines stops ‘doorlice’ in its path

“It does seem like the most civilized thing to do for passengers to come to the gate at a designated time and board only at that time or later and not try to crowd the whole thing,” Gary said. Leff at 10 Published in his article on March 16 View from the wing blog.

United Airlines Matthew Klint, a writer for the travel site, said a similar system already exists life and flight.

“I hear this beep all the time,” he wrote on October 17. “I board early due to my Premier 1K status, and every time I get 1…or 2…or 5 groups of passengers trying to board early. It’s really simple: the system beeps red, The gate agent (usually friendly, sometimes blunt) tells you to step aside and wait your turn.”

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