I think a more interesting question is: why do so many people ask this question? Whether you stand or don’t stand has no bearing on the speed of deplaning. Sinc

I think a more interesting question is: why do so many people ask this question? Whether you stand or don’t stand has no bearing on the speed of deplaning. Since everyone stands, you can choose to stand or not stand. You may as well stand since otherwise someone will stand where you would stand and cut ahead of you. And you’ve been sitting for ages. Either way it makes no difference. People who stand are not “slowing everyone down”, they are rational actors. I think the premise of the question assumes that people who stand are somehow acting irrationally, when they are not.