I thought you memorized everything everybody said in this group. You're slippin', Ellen.
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "airline nerd" is a new concept for me. Just curious how you ended > up with this obsession as opposed to any other type of obsession. > Result of extensive flying, or working for the airline industry, or > wishful thinking about traveling to exotic locations, or just one of > those things? > > > --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner > <dlochund@> wrote: > > > > 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 <aaron.weintraub@> wrote: > > On 12/30/06, tueschatter <tueschatter@> 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 > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
