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Delta starts back-to-front boarding process during coronavirus pandemic
Delta seeks to improve social distancing with a boarding procedure change. Will it also improve the speed and efficiency of boarding? (www.foxnews.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It's about time! I always take the survey and sarcastically state they should add a few more boarding groups. I never understood why people pay more to sit on the plane longer.
I see comments about if you can't carry it, check it. Well, when you're 75 years old and you can't carry your bag, you're not supposed to have wheels? I can't carry a bag without wheels. This is the time of life when people tote their meds and other items considered very important that should not be checked.
I think some of these comments about carrying bags, etc, must be written by younger people who have not yet experienced what an older person can't do.
As far as checked bags, the first should definitely be free. I'm from a time where the cheapest seats were as roomy as first class is now. I first flew in 1967. Those were the days.
Maybe after a certain age such as 65 or so, you should be able to fly those so-called roomier seats without charge. They are, after all, not as roomy as 1967 seats.
I think some of these comments about carrying bags, etc, must be written by younger people who have not yet experienced what an older person can't do.
As far as checked bags, the first should definitely be free. I'm from a time where the cheapest seats were as roomy as first class is now. I first flew in 1967. Those were the days.
Maybe after a certain age such as 65 or so, you should be able to fly those so-called roomier seats without charge. They are, after all, not as roomy as 1967 seats.
The small carry-ons with wheels are one thing (they should fit in the sizer), but it is the big 30" long rolling duffle bags that people like to use is another. Any bag longer than 21" should be checked, not brought into the pland and stuffed in the overhead bins.
I too had my first flight in 1967 and remember that carry-ons were small enough they just had 2 handles and usually had airline logos on them. While I cannot blame people for wanting to not check a bag, people should be mindful of the size and how much room they take up in the bins so others can use them and not just a few.
I too had my first flight in 1967 and remember that carry-ons were small enough they just had 2 handles and usually had airline logos on them. While I cannot blame people for wanting to not check a bag, people should be mindful of the size and how much room they take up in the bins so others can use them and not just a few.
Years ago, Mythbusters visited this very issue and found that random boardingwas the fastest and by around 10 minutes whereas the windo, middle, aisle was just a hair slower than the back to front method. As others here have pointed out, with people wanting to bring large carry-on bags onboard (you know, the roller duffle bags) and taking up the entire bin with them, it slows boarding down due to needing to find a place.
While I do not want airlines to make much more money off of what has always been free until Spirit started doing such, is that all bags have to either fit in the carry-on sizer at the gate or they have to check the bag and get charged for it.
It would also help if airlines actually made passengers wait for their proper zone. With people from zone 4 boarding while zone 2 is boarding, it does slow down the process. Air Canada actually made people wait for their zone the one time I flew on them and it seems boarding went faster and smoother than letting people board no matter which zone they were in.
Mythbusters preview with results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1S3-Kv6R8
While I do not want airlines to make much more money off of what has always been free until Spirit started doing such, is that all bags have to either fit in the carry-on sizer at the gate or they have to check the bag and get charged for it.
It would also help if airlines actually made passengers wait for their proper zone. With people from zone 4 boarding while zone 2 is boarding, it does slow down the process. Air Canada actually made people wait for their zone the one time I flew on them and it seems boarding went faster and smoother than letting people board no matter which zone they were in.
Mythbusters preview with results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1S3-Kv6R8
How stupid. Why would you not want the congested aisles. It adds adventure to your travel.
That's the way I used to board the old DC-9's when I was flying around Western Europe in the 80's.