Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster, study finds

Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by notduncansmith on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:31PM (#22060824)

You can’t have constant movement, it has to come in waves because no-one wants to get up out of their seat as giant carry-ons are unloaded from above.

My 2-bit idea is that we let passengers with no overhead luggage board and exit first. Let those who want to move at glacial speed do so, without slowing everyone else down.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by wutbrodo on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:21PM (#22061397)

As someone who hasn't checked a bag for a decade, this seems fair. I save a TON of time and hassle not checking luggage, and it seems only fair that those who do check luggage not be held up further by my choice.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by cortesoft on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:39PM (#22061490)

Except the people who checked luggage are going to end up waiting at the luggage pick up anyway.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by wutbrodo on Thursday January 16, 2020 @08:16AM (#22064173)

Sure, but sitting on an airport floor (+ being able to go the bathroom, get water, wifi, etc) is better than half-standing in a cramped dry aircraft that you've spent the last X hours in.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by cortesoft on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:56AM (#22066338)

You can stay seated, you don’t have to half stand.

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