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Re:Dulles Airport Surprises Passengers with Facial-Recogniti... by toweringgoat on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:04AM (#17957301)
They always board A380s through multiple doors. But they probably had a flight full of Germans - Americans tend to take a lot longer to get themselves sat down than most Europeans do, and spend a lot more time faffing around with their bag and belongings while blocking the aisle.

The Japanese are still the most efficient at boarding though.

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Re:Dulles Airport Surprises Passengers with Facial-Recogniti... by Godel_unicode on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:16AM (#17957332)
Do you have data for this? I've never seen a study on airplane boarding efficiency by ethnicity.
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Re:Dulles Airport Surprises Passengers with Facial-Recogniti... by kalleboo on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:17AM (#17958660)
There's also the difference of airlines. Airlines that charge extra for checked bags will have more people messing about trying to fit in a carryon, not finding room, etc. And U.S. carriers tend to have some of the worst policies. (in other places LCCs have the same policies but they also tend to have smaller planes)
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