SMS wrote:
> The United system never made sense to me, because the aisle passengers
> are blocking the aisle the entire length of the aisle. The back to front
> seems like the most efficient method of boarding. Of course if you
> really want efficiency, you have two jetways or two stairways.
The most efficient system would be to load row 25, then row 24, then row
23 etc.
The problem with boarding rows 15 to 25 is that the pax at row 15 will
go on first and block the aisle, essentially preventing 16-25 from
getting to their seats.
With modern magnetic or optical boarding pass scanners at the gate,
they could techically enforce proper boarding order and block the
turnstyle for anyone trying to cheat. (ok so there are no turnstyles at
gates, the reader could just reject your card.
nasty airlines could then have a policy of denying borading to
passengers who try to cheat and board before their time :-)
Actually, if you board all of row 25 at the same time, there will be row
25 pax blocked at row 25 while the other row 25 paw stow their luggage,
and that will prevent row 24 paw from starting to stow their luggage and
sit down.
Perhaps they should load 25, 23,21 etc (all odd numbers), and once those
are loaded, you start with the even numbers starting at 24 and going
down to 2. This way, it leaves room for passengers to wait while their
seatmates are stowing/setaing down. |