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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I think airlines should do away with overhead storage for anything except coats. No bags allowed. Overhead storage could be much smaller. Require gate-check in advance for all bags that don’t fit under your seat. And just take the bags that the inevitable idiot will try to fit under that don’t and chuck them under the plane without a tag; they can fight for them after everything else is distributed. That would speed up boarding for everyone.

I’ll concede that first class can keep their overhead luggage storage; they pay a lot more and I’m fine with them getting extra perks.

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