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There is an even better method to board a plane

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHbLRjF0vo

Well, not in practice. The problem is that that's based on a computer simulation which assumes that people store their carry-on in a bin near their seat (instead of the actual behavior in practice, which is to store it in the first empty bin they encounter while boarding the plane).

I've done 100's of flights and have never encountered this.

I have done 50s of flights and encountered it about quite often (at least 50% of the flights I have been on, likely close to 100%). Esp in the second half of boarding, people just want to be safe not sorry.

Interesting. I wouldn't want my bag out of reach and out of sight (it has my laptop in it) and as a rule people seem to use the bin closest to them. On the plus side, since COVID I haven't had to fly at all and that saves a ton of time and irritation. (Most of my flights in recent years have been within the EU, before that a very large number between the US and Europe and Canada and Europe, rarely within the US domestically).

I saw it on a couple flights, not most. It's a train wreck. The first people take the first bins, but sit in the back. Then people getting on who sit in the front have to walk back, find a bin, then walk back forward against the traffic. It's about as much of a clusterf as you'd imagine.

I don't know why FA's don't watch and ban the practice...

I always see people store their carry on near their seat. The only time people store their bag in the first spot they come to is if they are boarding towards the end, and have to take whatever odd spots are left.

> store it in the first empty bin they encounter while boarding the plane

Interesting! I've never done this. However, knowing the problems created when I end up near my seat and have to store it in a bin behind my row, I probably should.

It also assumes people are honest about when they're supposed to board. I'm usually in B group in United and it's amazing how every time the folks in front of me are in D or E. Ticket checker never, ever cares.

That was awesome, thank you.

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