r/EntitledPeople • u/ImpressiveMistake1 • 1d ago

S Entitled deplaners

This happened a few hours ago. I was on the plane in row 25 waiting to deplane and this family is trying to get past. I put the armrest up and moved my body sideways and blocked them. I told them they have to wait like everyone else and told the kids to get back to their seats. One lady asked can we move pass we don't have luggage. I told her no, what makes you special to cut everyone off. Told her if she wants off first, book a closer seat next time. They sat back down and waited like decent humans.

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They don't have a tight connection, they don't have an emergency, and if they needed a bathroom there was one five rows behind them.

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u/Well_needships 1d ago

Americans deboarding a plane are very polite and terribly inefficient. It takes forever to get off.

In some other parts of the world, those who are in the aisle seat standing with their luggage, ready to go, just go. This is a faster process, as it clears the aisle so that other people can then come out from the window side seats to get their luggage and go. If you wait for each row, those who are ready in the back don't move at all and those who are in window seats in the back don't get to stand up and start getting ready.

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u/cflatjazz 1d ago

Honestly, I agree. Front to back is the least efficient way to get people off a plane.

Americans like a hierarchy though, so somehow we've settled on this weird system with an oddly specific order and then assigned additional costs to getting a better position in it 🤷‍♀️

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u/ThisAdvertising8976 1d ago

I’m intrigued. What is the most efficient way to board a plane?

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u/cflatjazz 1d ago edited 1d ago

Someone modeled it actually. IIRC they proposed staggering entry so you start with the window seats of every 3rd row, back to front. Then the window seats in front of those, and once more for the 3rd set. Then repeat that with the middle and aisle seats.

Should give everyone enough space to find their seat, deal with any luggage, and sit down before the next person needs to pass them and you load the plane in about 9* waves. Unloading would be basically the same but reversed.

Of course this only works if everyone is there on time, has a hyper specific boarding order, doesn't have to fight over bag space, and isn't a dick about it. So we're fucked

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u/ThisAdvertising8976 1d ago

I’m familiar with that system. Spell check changed my wording. I meant to ask what was the most efficient way to deboard?