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The day following a nationwide crash of its computer systems, WestJet, a Calgary, Alberta based discount airline tried catching up on their backlog by boarding faster. The idea was amazingly simple: let people with window seats board first, and those with aisle seats last. They also allowed individuals
travelling together to board simultaneously. This cut boarding time by a third.
Airplane Loading Algorithm
http://www.guardian.../theairlineindustry
Pretty much as per [phoenix]'s anno [imaginality, Mar 02 2008]
The Best Way to Board a Plane
http://www.physorg.com/news122215582.html
[quantum_flux, Mar 03 2008]
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I've also sometimes wondered if this would be a better way. But I think the reason it's not widely-done is the fear that boarding will be delayed as the passenger in 27A and the entire line behind him waits for the passenger in 11A to wrestle her carry on bag into the overhead bin. |
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Unfortunately, if WestJet has actually done this, it doesn't qualify as truly halfbaked. |
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Start at the window seats at the rear of the plane, fill up the last row, move forward one row, repeat. |
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And should we consider it baked if one airline did it one time? I think the proposal is for an industry standard. |
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Beauxeault, it can't be any slower than holding up a third of the plane while someone wrestles a bag into the overhead, and is likely to be faster, as the people in the window seats don't have to climb over the people in the outside seats who have invariably gotten on first... |
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Organized airplane boarding. Since not everybody shows
up at the same time to board a plane, I don't really see
how it could be done -- and understand why it is done
the way it is done presently. It wouldn't really shorten
much time because everyone would have to wait outside
the airplane for the latest passenger. I'm not exactly
competent right now so nobody throw stones please. |
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Each side of each aisle has its own door and boarding ramp, see? This way, entering from the outside of the plane, the aisle seats would be first filled. |
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//Since not everybody shows up at the
same time to board a plane, I don't really
see ....// Huh? In general, everybody is at
the departure gate by boarding time, apart
from the inevitable three stragglers. Most
airlines now call passengers in groups by
row-number. Calling window-seat
passengers first would seem sensible. |
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Everyone should be loaded in from the top like bowling pins. |
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Alternatively, hefty men should be employed to expertly slot hand luggage into the overhead storage. |
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You could have the layout of the gate seating identical to the largest plane that would use it so that people sit in the correct order at the gate. Then you can easily call them in any order you choose with more accuracy than just saying rows 30-45. |
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I don't quite understand what the obsession with boarding a plane quickly is when you are going to spend a half hour on the runway before takeoff anyhow. You have all but one crucial point here, you didn't incorporate the every-other-row rule of thumb. But good job nonetheless! [+] |
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