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I always wondered why they don't just get people to sit in the same order in the gate area, then march them in rear-seats-first.

instagib 3y ago
They can sell better seat selection access and bin selection for luggage for those allowed to load up first. Southwest does a pretty good job of this extraction of money for plausibly better access with early bird, A-list, and related things. The flight attendants then are relied upon to get people on and off the plane quickly. The fire department recently acknowledged they will not be responding to calls to 4-5 man lift huge individuals unable to get into or out of their seat(s!) as too many have been injured. This has led to multiple delays as it is not in many people’s job description to perform. On the job injury coverage will not cover it.
- FireBeyond 3y ago
  > The fire department recently acknowledged they will not be responding to calls to 4-5 man lift huge individuals unable to get into or out of their seat(s!) as too many have been injured. This has led to multiple delays as it is not in many people’s job description to perform. On the job injury coverage will not cover it. On planes? I've never seen or heard of this. In general? As a firefighter, one, it absolutely is in our "job description" as such. It's literally categorized as a lift assist call by our County Dispatch/911, and while it is prioritized as a 'yellow' call (low/er), it is also not an "optional" response (which some smoke investigations or burn ban violations are), and lift injuries absolutely are covered by our workplace insurance, and are some of the most common.
dewey 3y ago
People arrive late, people come from delayed connections, people have to use the bathroom. Not sure how that could work unless you have the exact same number of seats as the plane on every gate.
rzzzt 3y ago
Make this seating area a tubular container that can be detached from the airport building and load it onto a plane's frame with a crane.
- TheCleric 3y ago
  Boeing can’t get fake doors right. I ain’t trusting them with this.
amluto 3y ago
It wouldn’t work. Strict back-to-front boarding means that only two people can get into their seats at a time in the entire plane — parallelism is lost. If a single person is slow, the entire plane waits. You need a more scattered order for good performance.

instagib 3y ago

They can sell better seat selection access and bin selection for luggage for those allowed to load up first. Southwest does a pretty good job of this extraction of money for plausibly better access with early bird, A-list, and related things. The flight attendants then are relied upon to get people on and off the plane quickly. The fire department recently acknowledged they will not be responding to calls to 4-5 man lift huge individuals unable to get into or out of their seat(s!) as too many have been injured. This has led to multiple delays as it is not in many people’s job description to perform. On the job injury coverage will not cover it.

FireBeyond 3y ago
> The fire department recently acknowledged they will not be responding to calls to 4-5 man lift huge individuals unable to get into or out of their seat(s!) as too many have been injured. This has led to multiple delays as it is not in many people’s job description to perform. On the job injury coverage will not cover it. On planes? I've never seen or heard of this. In general? As a firefighter, one, it absolutely is in our "job description" as such. It's literally categorized as a lift assist call by our County Dispatch/911, and while it is prioritized as a 'yellow' call (low/er), it is also not an "optional" response (which some smoke investigations or burn ban violations are), and lift injuries absolutely are covered by our workplace insurance, and are some of the most common.

dewey 3y ago

People arrive late, people come from delayed connections, people have to use the bathroom. Not sure how that could work unless you have the exact same number of seats as the plane on every gate.

rzzzt 3y ago

Make this seating area a tubular container that can be detached from the airport building and load it onto a plane's frame with a crane.

TheCleric 3y ago
Boeing can’t get fake doors right. I ain’t trusting them with this.

amluto 3y ago

It wouldn’t work. Strict back-to-front boarding means that only two people can get into their seats at a time in the entire plane — parallelism is lost. If a single person is slow, the entire plane waits. You need a more scattered order for good performance.