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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There are absolutely more efficient ways to load an airplane besides the common current practices.

But there are other considerations; namely getting higher paying customers on first. Whether that is boarding first class so they can be served a drink or passengers who pay more so they can get overhead bin space. 

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