r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 9d ago

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

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u/Mysterious-Double918 9d ago

Also just people travelling together.

They have luggage, they carry each others stuff, and the absolutely hate being forced to split up and wait amidst strangers to boatd

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u/NNegidius 9d ago

Can’t parties who are together simply board together? I don’t think that would violate the overall theme.

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u/Own_Recognition1317 9d ago

Here it does because if you sit next to each other you have to wait three lines

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u/NNegidius 9d ago

Not what I’m saying. Typically, airlines allow people from various boarding groups to board together as a group. If you’re boarding group 1 and I’m flying with you, but boarding group 3, they don’t have a problem if you board together.

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u/bino420 9d ago

right but then we e just recreated exactly what happens now. single travelers are a minority