Boarding a plane is a completely
miserable, time-consuming experience. How often are you left waiting for
that oversized man jam his oversized luggage into the undersized
overhead compartment? Ridiculous! That’s why every airline needs to try
this new boarding method. It cuts the time in half.
Amazingly, it was invented by Dr. Jason
Steffen, an astrophysicist in his day job but a man more adept at
running airplanes than the airlines themselves. In his method, window
seats on alternate rows on one side of the plane boards first. Then
alternating window seats on the other side. Then alternating middle
seats on the original side, then alternating middle seats on the other
side. And then on and on and on until the plane is filled. Watch the
video, you’ll see a perfectly choreographed dance that maximizes aisle
space and overhead compartments.
Steffen figured out this method using the Monte Carlo optimization method
and promises that it can cut boarding time in half. It won’t cure the
ineptitude of airlines in other areas but it can make air travel less of
a pain in the ass. Delta? United? American? JetBlue? Virgin America?
Who’s in? [WBEZ via Consumerist]
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