Aircraft Boarding Methodology

[Aviador]

Tests show fastest way to board passenger planes
By Jason Palmer

The current most common boarding method clogs the aisles and rows

The most common way of boarding passenger planes is among the least efficient, tests have shown.

The best method has been the subject of study for years but now various approaches have been put to the test.

Boarding those in window seats first followed by middle and aisle seats results in a 40% gain in efficiency.

However, an approach called the Steffen method, alternating rows in the window-middle-aisle strategy, nearly doubles boarding speed.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14717695

Sounds like a great idea, you send your two kind onto the aircraft by themselves, one two years of age, the other a five year old. One at a time, one to take the window seat the other the middle row while you wait for a few minutes to board afterwards. Stupid idea unless it's an adult only flight.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Even with an all-adult flight I can see confusion at every turn.

The staff would need PhDs in maths, logistics and psychology to make it work effectively.