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What is the most efficient way to load passengers into an aircraft: randomly; in blocks; or the passengers in window seats first, followed by those in middle seats, then those in aisle seats?
David Roffey
London, UK
The answer is complicated. It depends on what you mean by efficiency, as well as on some pretty important assumptions.
If you just look at the time taken to seat everyone – assuming the passengers are all single people who can follow instructions, briskly walk to their assigned seat, put a single bag into the overhead locker and sit down – there would…
