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		r00fus on Jan 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Letting slower passengers board airplane first is ... If deplaning could be 5% faster without any impact to other factors, it'd be done immediately by all airlines. Just consider the knock-on effects in terms of flight on-time % for subsequent legs on a multi-leg flight.

wutbrodo on Jan 16, 2020 [–]

I dunno, boarding could be much faster if they did window, middle, aisle instead of the random order they do now, and I don't see any airlines picking up that proverbial $20 bill

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