Airport workers

[GoesStation]

Often called "gate agent" in AmE.

The person in the picture is working the check-in area, not the gate. She's not a gate agent.

 

[GoesStation]

In North America it is almost never necessary to visit a check-in desk unless you need special assistance such as a wheelchair. You print your boarding passes at home. If you have luggage to check you print the tags at an automated kiosk and drop it with the baggage handlers. Boarding pass in hand you pass through security and go straight to the gate.

You always have to stop in the check-in area if you're checking bags. If you're checking bags and flying internationally, you also usually have to see a check-in agent who will verify your travel documents.

 

[probus]

That's the same here but many people in the UK still don't like printing their own boarding passes!

We have them here too. Some people seem to prefer checking in at the airport. It never fails to amaze me when I see people standing needlessly in enormous queues.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

She's a ticket agent.

 

[Tdol]

We have them here too. Some people seem to prefer checking in at the airport. It never fails to amaze me when I see people standing needlessly in enormous queues.

As a disabled person, I do not object to being whisked through those special counters with green limping stickers that bypass bag-drops, and that bypass
the people who amaze you. I am happy to be whisked to a seat.