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Physicist cuts plane boarding time in half could safe $100 million annually
New boarding procedure could make airplane boarding a snap. If only everyone would move like cattle smoothly to their stalls. (news.cnet.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This might work if all the travellers are single people travelling.However, try separating a family or a parent travelling alone with a small child....Eh, not so much...
I have to agree with Jack DeMarre's comments: with actors, you won't get the idiots who sit in the back putting their bags in the forward overhead thereby forcing those people to go the back to put their bags then "swim upstream" to get back to their seats.
Plus when you've got people flying together, they won't want to split up in the terminal--especially families... I'm not leaving my wife out there while I board...
Plus when you've got people flying together, they won't want to split up in the terminal--especially families... I'm not leaving my wife out there while I board...
Would be awesome if a carrier actually has the stones to test that. If you think about it, you have the occupied seat numbers, all you need is some simple code that give you the list of what to call out. If a passenger is not paying attention they would get slotted in with the next group of window/center/aisle seats to be called.
I never understood how boarding first is considered a 'perk'. You leave a nice roomy air conditioned terminal (well, most of the time), to sit on a cramped usually not so well air conditioned plane and than you have to wait for everyone else to board.
I like boarding last, and if I ever did fly first class I think I would wait anyways.
Oh, same for de-boarding as well. Laugh at everyone that is in a hurry to stand in the isle for 30 minutes once the plane stops.
I like boarding last, and if I ever did fly first class I think I would wait anyways.
Oh, same for de-boarding as well. Laugh at everyone that is in a hurry to stand in the isle for 30 minutes once the plane stops.
I like the idea, but there is an inherent flaw: People would cry about boarding separately from their family member(s) sitting next to or across from them. I'm sure there would be provisions for allowing children to board with their parents (most likely DIRECTLY BEHIND ME), but like many others have pointed out, the human factor would precede any practicality. Future airliners and airports are going to have to be designed for 2 jetways per plane. Any other tweaking to the system will be flawed in some way.
Save fuel, ride a cowgirl!!!