After my radge earlier, maybe we can post a few sensible things to improve throughput and highlight a few things that simply don't work.
I can only really comment in detail on rides I use to work on or rides I know a fair bit about. The others I can only really give a basic bit of feedback. These are what I think should be happening and my reasons why.
Air
On air, I often find staff standing not doing much or chatting. This is ok, if you are whacking out 48 or so trains an hour, but completely not acceptable if you are getting 40 or less. I also find it annoying when the staff seem to not be able to work things out for themselves. For example, if they can see that there is a 2 in one bay and a 2 in the other bay, why does it take ages for someone to sort it out?
All station staff need to be aware of what the other staff are doing, work as a team and ensure that the bays are full. The station operator should be viewed as a promoted position as they are key in getting high throughputs. They need to push the other staff and ensure the gates are opened quickly, information is passed on as soon as possible and that the ride is dispatched as soon as its clear to do so.
Too many times I see the station operator waiting around for the other staff to do things instead of sorting it out themselves. If row 5 has a recheck and the exit host is busy, whats stopping them from checking row 5 themselves? On the subject of rechecks, why is it necessary for the Operator to shout down the PA? The station operator has lights showing the row that needs to be recheck so he can relay that information without having to use the PA at all. Also its fairly easy to see which harness needs rechecking from the leg flap position or the harness locking pin position, yet they seem to waste time by checking every harness on that row!
The baggage cages should be done as soon as the craft leaves the station meaning it is ready for the next craft that enters. The onload and station operator should start to bay load as soon as the train leaves. In theory, station 2 can run smoothly without a bay loader even on fairly busy days as long as the station staff are on the ball.
Stacking on air should never ever ever ever happen unless something serious is holding the station up. Even then, if its a guest, you should move them to the exit so the ride can be dispatched and then deal with the problem. If a station goes down, as soon as the operator is aware, they should divert trains to the other station and keep running. If its a major issue, they can load alternative stations until the queue on the problematic station is clear.
Air can quite easily get a decent throughput if the staff put the effort in, but recently this is not the case and the management team don't seem to be giving any of the staff the motivation to do so.
Nemesis
More of the same really. Why is it that most of the platform staff don't bother bay loading? Why don't the onload hosts talk to the person doing single riders and tell them which rows have spare seats before the next train comes in? Why don't they look for larger guests and inform them they might be better off and more comfortable sitting in row 4 where the larger seat is? Why is everything left until last minute?
These are just a few of my pet hates at the moment. I almost want to grab some uniform and do it myself at times. The thing is, none of them are that hard or will cost anymore money, but they can have huge impact on throughput.