I normally only go on charter airlines where they just board one end of the plane, then the other. Luckily flights to "lakes and mountains" type destinations are totally chav-free, unlike the herds at the gates for Palma and Ibiza, who are truly terrifying in their shaven-headed, morning drunkenness.
I avoid budget airlines if travelling on my own money, having had fairly dismal experiences on SleazyJet and the now-defunct BMI baby, and you'd never get me on a Ryanair flight.