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re: Loading passengers on a plane
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:46 am to TheHarahanian
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:46 am to TheHarahanian
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I’ve suspected it’s a way to keep the poors completely separated from 1st class.
each airliner has to be demonstrated that egress from a fully loaded airplane can be accomplished in a designated time for evacuations, also other doors are used for catering and airstairs for airports with no jet bridges
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Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:47 am to Stevo
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HERDING passengers on a plane
Title should read......
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:50 am to TheHarahanian
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:50 am to OlGrandad
Flying coach these days same as a Greyhound bus.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:51 am to 777Tiger
Yeah stairs, no jetbridges.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:54 am to tigerfan in bamaland
Yes, agreed.
Here's an explanation from the American Airlines CEO.
LINK
I don't get on planes. I prefer to be "in" a plane...sitting in one of those little chairs. Let Evil Knievel get on the plane.
Here's an explanation from the American Airlines CEO.
LINK
I don't get on planes. I prefer to be "in" a plane...sitting in one of those little chairs. Let Evil Knievel get on the plane.
This post was edited on 3/27/22 at 11:09 am
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:55 am to tigerfan in bamaland
The last time I saw anything like this was the Kalamazoo airport 20 years ago. You walked out on the concrete no matter how cold, windy, or rainy.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 9:57 am to Stevo
I wish the airlines would actually enforce the size and quantity limits of carry-on bags.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:02 am to LSUandAU
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Mythbusters took a look at this and you'll see that there's a problem. Boarding methods that are actually faster make customers less satisfied. So an airline may choose to go front-to-back because it makes customers happier, even if it takes longer
The person also stated they had never experienced a plane loaded front to back. lol
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only some airlines really worry about it all that much. For what it's worth I can't ever recall doing front to back boarding, but have seen a bunch of different methods on different carriers.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:06 am to Stevo
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Get rid of carry-on bags, and boarding time cut in half.
If an airline would offer a carry on -less , childless, and petless service, I’d pay extra.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:13 am to tigerfan in bamaland
This is actually the best method: The Steffen Method.
The Better Boarding Method Airline Won’t Use
The problem with this method is it would separate families for a short time frame while boarding. So families with small children wouldn’t be able to stay with them through the line and down the jet bridge. Therefore airlines would never use it.
It is however, the best and least time-consuming method.
The Better Boarding Method Airline Won’t Use
The problem with this method is it would separate families for a short time frame while boarding. So families with small children wouldn’t be able to stay with them through the line and down the jet bridge. Therefore airlines would never use it.
It is however, the best and least time-consuming method.
This post was edited on 3/27/22 at 10:24 am
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:26 am to tigerfan in bamaland
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Loading passengers on a plane
Side-topic:
My bigger issue is people exiting off the plane. Just stand up quickly, grab your things, and exit. There’s no storage and settling in process that needs to take place like when boarding. Yet that somehow takes people WAY longer than it should.
If I’m unlucky enough to have a connecting flight, I make damn sure I’m in first few rows of the plane on flight 1 because there’s no way I can rely on folks to deboard in a timely fashion.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:29 am to tigerfan in bamaland
Yes, loading from the back would be more efficient, but I think the simplest fix is for everyone to have a sense of urgency.
It's amazing to me how many people getting on a plane are strolling around, taking their time, holding up the line of people trying to board behind them.
It really shouldn't be the lengthy process that it is nowadays.
It's amazing to me how many people getting on a plane are strolling around, taking their time, holding up the line of people trying to board behind them.
It really shouldn't be the lengthy process that it is nowadays.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:41 am to tigerfan in bamaland
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In Australia I experienced the plane being loaded from the front and back door,
of course you did. australia is in the southern hemisphere and thus everything is opposite there.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:44 am to tigerfan in bamaland
Jet blue out of nola used to use both ends. I always picked the last row. Last one on first one off. Was nice
This post was edited on 3/27/22 at 10:45 am
Posted on 3/27/22 at 10:50 am to TheHarahanian
Boarding outside on stairs is pretty common out of terminal B at IAH in Houston.
This post was edited on 3/27/22 at 10:51 am
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:14 am to tigerfan in bamaland
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If it takes you longer than 30 seconds
You're way more patient than me. I start getting annoyed with someone after about five seconds.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:25 am to tigerfan in bamaland
I always fly economy and I try to crop dust the first class area when walking through.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:27 am to tigerfan in bamaland
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Would it not be more efficient to load passengers on a plane starting in the back moving forward?
I'm sure they have never thought of that!
You should write the airlines with your suggestion. lol
The bean counters know that every minute the airplane isn't moving they're not making money so most have tried just about every conceivable combination to quicken the boarding process but as someone pointed out most also pay attention to their HVCs (high valued customers') input, so it's a balancing act of efficiency and customer approval. I've even seen them try boarding starting at the window seats and moving towards the center aisle (1st to board seats A & F, 2nd the middle seats B & E and then the aisle seats C & D. That experiment failed miserably.
FWIW most commercial airliners do have rear doors. Even the DC9/MD80 fleets could drop integral air stairs out of their arses and deplane or board that way. The problem with using the rear door is the need for airstairs and escorting the passengers across the ramp.
There are many international airports that have double jetways (picture a Y) that typically use doors 1 and 2 left for boarding/deplaning. With a twin-aisle jet it makes a big difference, not so much for a narrowbody/single aisle jet for obvious reasons.
This post was edited on 3/28/22 at 11:47 am
Posted on 3/27/22 at 12:00 pm to 0x15E
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The Steffen Method.
I like it. And I understand why it’s not used.
Oh well. Safe travels.
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