at the risk of boring everyone, airlines study *everything* to shave time,
minutes, weight, etc to maximize the amount of time their aircraft are in the
air (airplanes in the air make money...airplanes sitting around do not) I know
that recently, in the last year or so, a few airlines experimented with
different boarding procedures and as I recall, there wasn't a staggering
difference in time-to-load figures for different schemes (ie boarding in
groups, boarding all at once, by row, etc.)
Most airlines who have first class cabins allow those passengers, people with
kids/needing assistance, exit row, and elite-status passengers to board
earlier. Southwest's system of boarding zones lets them "turn" a plane at an
airport very quickly and get it back in the air.
I think it was American that at once time learned they could save something
like $30,000 a year by reducing by one the number of olives in a salad. If
anyone out there is REALLY curious, CNBC did a fascinating 2 hour behind the
scenes look at American Airlines earlier this fall.
Yes, I am a huge airline nerd.
Aaron Weintraub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/30/06, tueschatter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Those are good
and very true. I have one more request ( or
question)..why don't they load passengers that have seats in the back
of the plane first? Wouldn't that make it easier, rather than having
to wait while the folks in the front rows stow their carry on luggage
and get settled in their seats?
The only airlines that do *not* do this to my knowledge (admittedly not
all-encompassing) are those that do not have assigned seating like Southwest...
all other flights that I can recall taking, they start boarding from the back
first, with allowances at first for those who 'need extra time'...
aw
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