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First come, first served (sometimes '''first-come, first-served''' or simply '''FCFS''') is a service Policy whereby the requests of Customer s or Client s are attended to in the order that they arrived, without other Bias es or preferences. The policy can be employed when processing Sales orders, in determining Restaurant seating, or on a Taxi Stand , for examples. Festival Seating (also known as General Seating and Stadium Seating ) is seating done on a FCFS basis. See Riverfront Coliseum for details on a December 1979 disaster involving "festival seating" at a concert by The Who in Cincinnati, Ohio . The practice is also becoming common among low-cost airlines in Europe where seats cannot be reserved either in advance or at check-in. These airlines allow passengers to board in small groups based upon their order of check-in and sit in whatever seat on the aircraft they wish to. On the basis of first come, first served, the earlier you check-in the earlier you board the aircraft to get the seat you want. Southwest Airlines applies first come, first served seating in a manner unique to the airline industry. Passengers are sequentially (on a first come, first served basis) assigned into one of three "boarding groups." The passengers then are boarded onto the plane in group-order. SEE ALSO
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