Anonymous
08/12/2025 12:14
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd rather spend an extra 15 minutes on the plane waiting for people to get their carryon down from the bins than spend a hour at baggage claims waiting for a luggage that may end up being lost.
Airplane time is different than real time. When you get down to it, people are getting off planes pretty quickly and it's only adding an extra 10 minutes to deplane with lots of carryon. The real time suck are shuttles to the gates and waiting for luggage at baggage claims.
We regularly check our luggage and it's usually waiting for us by the time we deplane and use the bathroom.
Cool. My experience is fairly different.
+1. They've lost my luggage a few times over the years and I'm pretty consistently waiting at the baggage claim before the bags start coming out.
I guess an upside of my family's bad experiences with checking bags is that we are all now pretty good at packing lightly so we can make do with a bag that fits in the overhead plus a backpack - even if we're going to Europe for 7-10 days.
Delayed or lost? I've never heard of someone's luggage being actually lost, like never found.
I'll split the difference on the terminology: temporarily lost! It was delayed but long enough that the luggage was of no use to me during the trip.
Anonymous
08/12/2025 12:00
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:I believe the German airlines do…back to front window to aisle.
We’re obsessed with boarding by status.
No they don’t
Anonymous
08/12/2025 10:59
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Everyone has status. Everyone can check bags free.
If this were actually true, there would be no one boarding after group 2 and you know that's not the case.
Not to mention the crazies that wouldn't check their bags even if it were free.
Anonymous
08/12/2025 09:46
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
The obvious answer is to deboard from the front door of the plane and board through the rear door.
Anonymous
08/12/2025 09:33
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Everyone has status. Everyone can check bags free.
If this were actually true, there would be no one boarding after group 2 and you know that's not the case.
Anonymous
08/12/2025 09:26
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd rather spend an extra 15 minutes on the plane waiting for people to get their carryon down from the bins than spend a hour at baggage claims waiting for a luggage that may end up being lost.
Airplane time is different than real time. When you get down to it, people are getting off planes pretty quickly and it's only adding an extra 10 minutes to deplane with lots of carryon. The real time suck are shuttles to the gates and waiting for luggage at baggage claims.
We regularly check our luggage and it's usually waiting for us by the time we deplane and use the bathroom.
Cool. My experience is fairly different.
+1. They've lost my luggage a few times over the years and I'm pretty consistently waiting at the baggage claim before the bags start coming out.
I guess an upside of my family's bad experiences with checking bags is that we are all now pretty good at packing lightly so we can make do with a bag that fits in the overhead plus a backpack - even if we're going to Europe for 7-10 days.
Delayed or lost? I've never heard of someone's luggage being actually lost, like never found.
American is still “searching” for one of my bags at DFW. It’s been a month. It’s gone. So yes, bags in fact do get lost. This is why we rarely check but had no choice on this trip.
Anonymous
08/12/2025 08:02
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People in back will use all the overhead bin space. So instead, we board by "status" to ensure frequent flyers get overhead bin space.
There have been actual experiments with boarding a plane. Unexpectedly, random boarding is more efficient than back to front.
This is the entire reason. If there was a way to ensure you used the overhead space a live your seat it could work. People are a$$holes and don’t so this will never happen.
this is the reason!
they could install locks on the front bins which are locked as the rear passengers board. this would solve the problem of people in the back using all the bin space in the front.
There isn’t enough overheard space for each passenger to bring a size-compliant suitcase on board. Not even close. It’s going to run out for some of the passengers. The only question is which ones.
Anonymous
08/12/2025 00:00
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People in back will use all the overhead bin space. So instead, we board by "status" to ensure frequent flyers get overhead bin space.
There have been actual experiments with boarding a plane. Unexpectedly, random boarding is more efficient than back to front.
This is the entire reason. If there was a way to ensure you used the overhead space a live your seat it could work. People are a$$holes and don’t so this will never happen.
this is the reason!
they could install locks on the front bins which are locked as the rear passengers board. this would solve the problem of people in the back using all the bin space in the front.
Anonymous
08/11/2025 23:04
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd rather spend an extra 15 minutes on the plane waiting for people to get their carryon down from the bins than spend a hour at baggage claims waiting for a luggage that may end up being lost.
Airplane time is different than real time. When you get down to it, people are getting off planes pretty quickly and it's only adding an extra 10 minutes to deplane with lots of carryon. The real time suck are shuttles to the gates and waiting for luggage at baggage claims.
We regularly check our luggage and it's usually waiting for us by the time we deplane and use the bathroom.
Cool. My experience is fairly different.
+1. They've lost my luggage a few times over the years and I'm pretty consistently waiting at the baggage claim before the bags start coming out.
I guess an upside of my family's bad experiences with checking bags is that we are all now pretty good at packing lightly so we can make do with a bag that fits in the overhead plus a backpack - even if we're going to Europe for 7-10 days.
Delayed or lost? I've never heard of someone's luggage being actually lost, like never found.
I have heard of luggage never being returned to the passenger, whether it was “lost” or stolen by airport staff is unclear.
Anonymous
08/11/2025 22:46
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
I wish they could redesign planes so the carry on goes under the seat. If it doesn’t fit, you can’t sit! If the airlines can’t police baggage limits (which they can - Ryan Air has it down pat! One line has only a personal bag and the other line has both the personal and a carry on - and sizing is checked!) then directly inconvenience the scofflaws!
Anonymous
08/11/2025 19:15
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd rather spend an extra 15 minutes on the plane waiting for people to get their carryon down from the bins than spend a hour at baggage claims waiting for a luggage that may end up being lost.
Airplane time is different than real time. When you get down to it, people are getting off planes pretty quickly and it's only adding an extra 10 minutes to deplane with lots of carryon. The real time suck are shuttles to the gates and waiting for luggage at baggage claims.
We regularly check our luggage and it's usually waiting for us by the time we deplane and use the bathroom.
Cool. My experience is fairly different.
+1. They've lost my luggage a few times over the years and I'm pretty consistently waiting at the baggage claim before the bags start coming out.
I guess an upside of my family's bad experiences with checking bags is that we are all now pretty good at packing lightly so we can make do with a bag that fits in the overhead plus a backpack - even if we're going to Europe for 7-10 days.
Delayed or lost? I've never heard of someone's luggage being actually lost, like never found.
Anonymous
08/11/2025 17:15
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd rather spend an extra 15 minutes on the plane waiting for people to get their carryon down from the bins than spend a hour at baggage claims waiting for a luggage that may end up being lost.
Airplane time is different than real time. When you get down to it, people are getting off planes pretty quickly and it's only adding an extra 10 minutes to deplane with lots of carryon. The real time suck are shuttles to the gates and waiting for luggage at baggage claims.
We regularly check our luggage and it's usually waiting for us by the time we deplane and use the bathroom.
Cool. My experience is fairly different.
+1. They've lost my luggage a few times over the years and I'm pretty consistently waiting at the baggage claim before the bags start coming out.
I guess an upside of my family's bad experiences with checking bags is that we are all now pretty good at packing lightly so we can make do with a bag that fits in the overhead plus a backpack - even if we're going to Europe for 7-10 days.
Anonymous
08/11/2025 14:03
Subject: Re:Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obviously that is the most efficient approach.
However, the people who pay for first class and business class need to be made to feel special.
You do get that without them your flight would cost double whatever you paid? Perhaps triple?
Why is that? People who book first class are using miles to upgrade. I use my miles for free coach seats.
And, yes, there is an air of superiority when they are all seated in their larger seats, wider aisles, as they watch the hoi polloi head toward the back.
Anonymous
08/11/2025 13:32
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd rather spend an extra 15 minutes on the plane waiting for people to get their carryon down from the bins than spend a hour at baggage claims waiting for a luggage that may end up being lost.
Airplane time is different than real time. When you get down to it, people are getting off planes pretty quickly and it's only adding an extra 10 minutes to deplane with lots of carryon. The real time suck are shuttles to the gates and waiting for luggage at baggage claims.
We regularly check our luggage and it's usually waiting for us by the time we deplane and use the bathroom.
Cool. My experience is fairly different.
Anonymous
08/11/2025 12:34
Subject: Why don’t they board planes back to front?
Anonymous wrote:I'd rather spend an extra 15 minutes on the plane waiting for people to get their carryon down from the bins than spend a hour at baggage claims waiting for a luggage that may end up being lost.
Airplane time is different than real time. When you get down to it, people are getting off planes pretty quickly and it's only adding an extra 10 minutes to deplane with lots of carryon. The real time suck are shuttles to the gates and waiting for luggage at baggage claims.
We regularly check our luggage and it's usually waiting for us by the time we deplane and use the bathroom.