QF1653 on Tuesday had a gaggle of schoolchildren - probably years 7 or 8 on board (n=50+/-). Obviously no PB; it is QF and OOL, after all. What is the collective wisdom here; should the children have been boarded first as a group or last? Only one boarding door on a 717.
For what it is worth, in my view, QF ought to have boarded the large group first, as they were all seated at the back of the aircraft so that the accompanying adults could have settled them while the rest of the pax boarded.
Discuss.