> It's not a significant problem for the airline. But for a passenger, staring at people wrangling their bags, blocking those already up with a clear aisle from them to the exit, it's frustrating.

Sure, but to airlines, that's a revenue opportunity, not a problem.

If deplaning could be 5% faster without any impact to other factors, it'd be done immediately by all airlines.

Just consider the knock-on effects in terms of flight on-time % for subsequent legs on a multi-leg flight.

I dunno, boarding could be much faster if they did window, middle, aisle instead of the random order they do now, and I don't see any airlines picking up that proverbial $20 bill