The rush to Immigration off the plane is never as bad when travelling on a US carrier because there are always a fair number of US citizens on board who won't be using the same desks. Nothing worse than being 300th off a Virgin flight to Orlando and the 299 people before you all have to go through the 'non US citizens' lines.
It's helped even more for passengers with airline status because most elites are US citzens so a UK elite in the front cabin will be in small minority sitting there. I frequently find that I am the very first person at the desks because all my fellow travellers in the front cabin are US citizens or Federal Air Marshalls.
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