Especially as EJ flights normally go at stupid o'clock in the morning and you can rarely check in to where you're staying til 2pm at the earliest. It's just wallies wanting everything RIGHT NOW, even if they don't really know why
This. Those objecting to the EJ stance are doubtless those who have been taking the piss for years and have up til now been relying on ground staff and cabin crew being under pressure of time not to enforce their own airline's rules. A welcome change if it sends a clear message to all the clevor...