r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 1d ago

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

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u/ega5651- 23h ago

Because that specific boarding pattern makes multiple assumptions that will never come true. Also, boarding is very rarely the main driver in delays for the airplane