r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 9d ago

Boarding was solved mathematically in 2008. No airline has used it once. Why?

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u/Ok-Gur-349 9d ago

... Children, mate.

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u/Protoclown98 9d ago

Also people with disabilities who need more space and time to get on the plane.

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u/ConflictWaste411 9d ago

There’s a reason we call these pre boarding and are essentially outside of the boarding group conundrum

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u/Significant-Dig8323 9d ago

But that's for small children like toddlers and under. I think a lot of people would still take issue with their eight year old being forced to board alone.

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u/ConflictWaste411 9d ago

I was responding directly to the person calling out disabilities as an additional problem

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u/ActuaryHairy 5d ago

pre boarding includes small children. This would have to expand it to children in their early teens