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Letting slower passengers board airplane first really is faster, study finds
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1833" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/letting-slower-passengers-board-airplane-first-really-is-faster-study-finds/" target="_blank"><strong>Letting slower passengers board airplane first really is faster, study finds - ARS Technica</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>"The more parallel you can make the boarding process, the faster it will go."</strong></p><p></p><p>Commercial airlines often prioritize boarding for passengers traveling with small children, or for those who need extra assistance—in other words, those likely to be slower to stow their bags and take their seats—before starting to board the faster passengers. It's counter-intuitive, but it turns out that letting slower passengers board first actually results in a more efficient process and less time before takeoff, according to <a href="https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.062313" target="_blank">a new paper</a> in Physical Review E.</p><p></p><p>Physicists have been puzzling over this particular optimization problem for several years now. While passengers all have reserved seats, they arrive at the gate in arbitrary order, and over the years, airlines have tried any number of boarding strategies to make the process as efficient and timely as possible. Flight delays have a ripple effect on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network" target="_blank">complex interconnected network</a> of air travel and often result in extra costs and disgruntled passengers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1833, member: 1"] [URL='https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/letting-slower-passengers-board-airplane-first-really-is-faster-study-finds/'][B]Letting slower passengers board airplane first really is faster, study finds - ARS Technica[/B][/URL] [B]"The more parallel you can make the boarding process, the faster it will go."[/B] Commercial airlines often prioritize boarding for passengers traveling with small children, or for those who need extra assistance—in other words, those likely to be slower to stow their bags and take their seats—before starting to board the faster passengers. It's counter-intuitive, but it turns out that letting slower passengers board first actually results in a more efficient process and less time before takeoff, according to [URL='https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.062313']a new paper[/URL] in Physical Review E. Physicists have been puzzling over this particular optimization problem for several years now. While passengers all have reserved seats, they arrive at the gate in arbitrary order, and over the years, airlines have tried any number of boarding strategies to make the process as efficient and timely as possible. Flight delays have a ripple effect on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network']complex interconnected network[/URL] of air travel and often result in extra costs and disgruntled passengers. [/QUOTE]
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