Why don’t airlines board planes starting with the back rows then move forward?

Question

Why don’t airlines board planes starting with the back rows then move forward?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Worked at airline, we normally boarded like that actually. It’s pretty bad regardless. We spent a few months trying out different boarding methods and what helped the most for us was doing chunks of rows starting from the back. So rows 32-27, let them board then 26-21, etc.