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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]
I wonder if it will ever be implemented. Sounds like a neat idea. Anything different would help.
I don't quite think this would save $100m per carrier, but it's interesting at least. Mock boarding volunteers are probably going to be more efficient no matter how they board so it's kind of hard to say how big of an effect something like this would actually have. AirTran boards by "zones" starting at the window and working towards the aisle.
Sounds good - until you throw people (with a sense of entitlement) in the equation.
Get real things happen and cause delays I guess using cattle prods would get things moving guess this guy is just too far ahead of everyone to think of doing something like the prods, works on cows could try it on him.
First - his "live" test was with 72 passengers on a 757 which seat from 170 to almost 200. flying @40% load factor is never a boarding problem and there is never an overhead bin problem.
Second - he is a physicist and is not a trained psychologist who has studied crowd or mob behaviour.
Third - His study does not take in account a flight that is behind schedule and airport staff trying to board the crowd is less than realistic time.
Fourth - How many flights has this dude actually taken so that he can see all of the chaos? I have flown over 700 flights and have yet to any efficient baording process on packed flights.
Second - he is a physicist and is not a trained psychologist who has studied crowd or mob behaviour.
Third - His study does not take in account a flight that is behind schedule and airport staff trying to board the crowd is less than realistic time.
Fourth - How many flights has this dude actually taken so that he can see all of the chaos? I have flown over 700 flights and have yet to any efficient baording process on packed flights.
Right on, Tom.