Those 1–3 minutes can make a difference in a small amount of cases, like tight time spaces in connecting flights. My ideal plane de-boarding strategy would be

Those 1–3 minutes can make a difference in a small amount of cases, like tight time spaces in connecting flights. My ideal plane de-boarding strategy would be to separate everyone in a few groups depending on priorities (people with connecting flights, people without stowed luggage, ...) and mostly make sure that the ones that have to go down earlier do it.