Why Does Boarding A Plane Take Forever?

Almost every airline uses some variation on back-to-front, either with or without zones.
Source Wired
Nov. 6, 2014
Eventually a pattern emerged. The first person in line should be in the back row, window seat (on either side of the plane). The next person would be in a window seat, two rows up. The line should proceed this way.
Eventually a pattern emerged. The first person in line should be in the back row, window seat (on either side of the plane). The next person would be in a window seat, two rows up. The line should proceed this way.

Millions of other people probably have pondered this question. At least one wrote a computer program to find the answer. Jason Steffen is an astrophysicist at Northwestern University, and several years ago he modeled different airline boarding methods to see what made them so slow. He also figured out how airlines could get us on board much faster.

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