Why don’t airlines board planes starting with the back rows then move forward?
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It’s crazy how misinformed a lot of the people answering are. Allegiant boards that way and has for years. They set up their zones that way after pre-boarders and people that pay for priority access. -current aviation employee.
Collateral damage to the back to front method is all the inconsiderate AH’s that will stow their carry on up front and then walk to the back taking up all the front storage from those sitting there. Don’t tell me that won’t happen!!!!
The debate that is almost as old as what came first, the chicken or the egg?
Most flights in Australia and New Zealand do this, excepting first class/business who still board first
I remember when I was flying around Japan, Jetstar would board by asking anyone who had a window seat (including their middle seat partners) to go first. It worked quite well.
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.
My flight back to New York, JFK from Iceland did this. They started boarding the back rows first.
People are unable of following simple instructions so any system they try to implement ultimately doesn’t work and they’ve stopped trying at this point.
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