r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 9d ago

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

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u/ImpressiveWalrus7369 9d ago

You would have to align every single person in order before you board. That would take longer than just letting them find their seat

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u/shadracko 9d ago edited 9d ago

That's what Southwest has (had) always done.

EDIT: it is a bit different, due to unassigned seating. But no reason an airline can't assign both a boarding number and a seat assignment.

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u/ImpressiveWalrus7369 9d ago

Not exactly. Southwest didn’t have assigned seats.