Jetbridging
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.
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!
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!
Jetbridging by SKYWALKER AA December 20, 2018
