QF Automated Boarding Gate - Sydney Domestic

[RooFlyer]

In AKL the passport auto kiosks chucked a wobbly when I has a visible bag in the photo.

Was it the visibility or the weight? On my last trip, the agents at immigration were telling people to keep your carry-ons well behind you, else it detected the bag as an additional person. May have been CGK?

If this thing is as smart as it could be, that's another delaying possibility.

 

[AuSammy]

Was it the visibility or the weight? On my last trip, the agents at immigration were telling people to keep your carry-ons well behind you, else it detected the bag as an additional person. May have been CGK?

If this thing is as smart as it could be, that's another delaying possibility.

The new AI cctv assisted terminals at my local Woollies sound smarter.

They installed these new checkouts and the terminal knows via cctv what is going on at the terminal and what items are going past the checkout camera.

I lifted a plastic bag of tomatoes from my basket and put it on the weigh plate and it immediately displayed the tomato image and type of tomato that was in the bag without me having to find it in the vege list. All I had to do was accept or call for assistance.

 

[Quickstatus]

Was it the visibility or the weight?

Was a satchel. I think visibility

 

[Haplo]

I once mispelt my friend's name when I booked our flights and the check in staff said "don't worry no one checks".

I guess it was out by a letter so it is not as if you are deliberately flying on someone else's ticket.

 

[Mr_Tee]

I can’t remember which airport this was at (maybe HEL?) but the automated gates that controlled priority boarding would either swing one way to let an “approved” pax through or swing another way to eject a “declined” pax out of the queue. Very simple and elegant and certainly sent the right message - nobody wants the shame of a gate swinging the wrong way for them in front of hundreds of people. I thought it was brilliant and should be implemented globally.

 

[Quickstatus]

swing another way to eject a “declined” pax out of the queue

They then go down a long corridor and arrive landside again?

 

[milehighclub]

Trial starts tomorrow. It is just boarding passes required.

 

[jakeseven7]

Trial starts tomorrow. It is just boarding passes required.

First AFF member through it gets a $5
Scratchie!

 

[RooFlyer]

Trial starts tomorrow. It is just boarding passes required.

As opposed to … ? ( just wondering)

 

[Be.au]

As opposed to … ? ( just wondering)

Biometrics?

 

[SeatBackForward]

I'm far more interested in WHY they're trialling this than what they're doing. We know what they're used for as they're deployed in many places. But why has Qantas/SYD/Immigration Dept. trying to use these at a the domestic terminal, when they already have a functioning scanning system in place.

 

[justinbrett]

I'm far more interested in WHY they're trialling this than what they're doing. We know what they're used for as they're deployed in many places. But why has Qantas/SYD/Immigration Dept. trying to use these at a the domestic terminal, when they already have a functioning scanning system in place.

Perhaps read the thread again. These aren’t taking biometrics, they have nothing to do with immigration. They scan your boarding pass and open the gate.

The current scanners are not automated and require a staff member to operate each scanner, even if pax scan their own pass. They can’t be left unattended. This will allow multiple gates (more than 2) which in theory can speed up boarding, and require fewer staff at the gate or allow them to conduct other tasks.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Perhaps read the thread again. These aren’t taking biometrics, they have nothing to do with immigration. They scan your boarding pass and open the gate.

The current scanners are not automated and require a staff member to operate each scanner, even if pax scan their own pass. They can’t be left unattended. This will allow multiple gates (more than 2) which in theory can speed up boarding, and require fewer staff at the gate or allow them to conduct other tasks.

So the WHY is - less ground staff.

 

[Mr_Tee]

So the WHY is - less ground staff.

Or the WHY could be:
- More efficient boarding of pax
- Better handling of Priority Boarding (ie: filtering out the ineligibles)
- New technology being introduced to replace outdated technology
- etc etc

Most likley, it is a combination of several factors.

 

[justinbrett]

So the WHY is - less ground staff.

Did you need to ask?

Why does any company put self service facilities in?

 

[TheInsider]

So the WHY is - less ground staff.

How? Still need that one ground staff member there to close up the aircraft and chase up fail to boards.

 

[elanshin]

Just curious if this would be a SYD airport upgrade or Qantas one. Of course both parties need to be involved to make it work, but just wondering if this is one of those things that are going to be airport wide or if QF is the one responsible the upgrade.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Did you need to ask?

Why does any company put self service facilities in?

How? Still need that one ground staff member there to close up the aircraft and chase up fail to boards.

I mean, that's kind of why I asked the question...

Is it a cost cutting move? Is it a trial of gates for future use of gates for international flights? I understand that the gates don't need biometric yet, but if the trial was just for less ground staff then why put in biometric gates in?

 

[SYD]

I mean, that's kind of why I asked the question...

Is it a cost cutting move? Is it a trial of gates for future use of gates for international flights? I understand that the gates don't need biometric yet, but if the trial was just for less ground staff then why put in biometric gates in?

They’re NOT biometric gates.

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-trials-automated-boarding-gates

 

[elanshin]

I mean, that's kind of why I asked the question...

Is it a cost cutting move? Is it a trial of gates for future use of gates for international flights? I understand that the gates don't need biometric yet, but if the trial was just for less ground staff then why put in biometric gates in?

They’re NOT biometric gates.

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-trials-automated-boarding-gates

Its hardware that is capable of it, just disabled here. That doesn't mean they won't try it one day in the future - just not today.

The other thing we may have forgotten about is that this could be installed at WSI from day 1 and this trial could also helps train for WSI ops.