Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster, study finds

Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by peteretep on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @06:32PM (#22060037)

Ryanair sadly don't do unaccompanied minors, but for an airline that does (and 5 seems to be the lower bound), and if flying with a partner, I've always wondered if the following would work:

Parent A flies without child on Day 1; Child is given to airline by Parent B on Day 2 and retrieved on the other end by Parent A. Parent B flies without child on Day 3.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by ceejayoz on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:38PM (#22061221)

If you've got a week or two for vacation, spending six days getting there and back just so you can not fly with your own kid seems... suboptimal.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by peteretep on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:08PM (#22061352)

Right, I guess a flight nanny is probably easier.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by thesh4d0w on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:48PM (#22061527)

Or you know..... just be a parent.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by ehvatum on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @11:37PM (#22061723)

Some folks with money really are better off hiring a professional parent, if the asshole cycle is ever to be interrupted.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by Dylan16807 on Sunday January 19, 2020 @12:00AM (#22089573)

What's wrong with getting a babysitter? Because that's what this effectively is.

If you're upset about the money wasted on extra tickets, that's a wealth complaint not a childcare complaint.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by matthewowen on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:14PM (#22061370)

If there are multiple flights in a day, you might be able to fit it all in one!

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by sjg007 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:54PM (#22060958)

And this is why your kid won't speak to you after age 18.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by peteretep on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:08PM (#22061350)

My parents used to stick me in Economy when they flew Business on long-haul from about 7 onward, and I still speak to _at least_ one of them.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by sjg007 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:20PM (#22061396)

I guess the inheritance could be a good reason.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by anoncake on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:05AM (#22063736)

It kinda makes sense, kids are smaller so they don't need as much space. We should sort passengers by size in general.

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