ELI5.Why are airplanes boarded front to back?

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Currently standing in terminal and the question arises, wouldn’t it make sense to load the back first? It seems inefficient to me waiting for everyone in the rows ahead to get seated when we could do it the other way around. I’m sure there’s a reason, but am genuinely curious. Thoughts?

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An incorrect assumption here is also that if planes finish boarding 5 mins earlier they’ll take off 5 mins earlier. Most likely they would just start boarding 5 mins later.

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