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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:34PM (#22058924)
>although personally I've always wondered why this is desirable

Most people finding waiting to board unpleasant and want it over ASAP. For me personally, it is often less comfortable in the terminal for a number of reasons. The climate and noise is worse, I must keep an eye on luggage, and I have a mild anxiety about inexplicably losing my documentation or becoming too engrossed in whatever activity I am doing while I wait.

Alternatively, I could be sitting, stretching, taking off my shoes, ordering a drink, and focusing my full attention work/entertainment/sleep for that 20 minutes.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by billatq on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:24PM (#22061141)
Many airports have half decent lounges. My personal preference is to hang out in the lounge until the boarding is nearly over, stroll onto the plane and sit down to go, but this tends to be impractical due to luggage.
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