Jet-bridging or Jet bridging, is the action of boarding a Long Haul Aircraft and keeping the passengers at the
Jet bridge for a while until the Purser and Captain are ready for "
real boarding".
This a rather inventive act, created by some Airline Supervisors in Dusseldorf international airport and it consists on starting the boarding process before the crew has given the “ok” for boarding.
The
jet bridge is therefore used as a holding
point to hold all Passengers and start the
long boarding of
300 Passengers in the system.
With this method, the flights can be closed on time and station performance and on time performance increases exponentially.
Some interesting data:
B767 -209 Passengers
Record Time between commencing of the boarding process and flight closed / off blocks - 15min.
Captain: I guess we are running
late today. What can be done to expedite the boarding process.
AA Supervisor: Let’s do some Jetbridging / Jet bridging
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Station ISC: one more day on time and we have the
best on time performance in Europe.
Supervisor: Lets Jet bridge it!