Originally Posted by mfullmer

Interesting replies that pretty much said nothing. It's nice that medallions get to board first and don't have to deal with their inconsistent boardings. Regarding the windows first, yes, that seem like it might be a logical way to load. However, when my friend travels with me and he's in the middle seat, me in the window, yet my zone is after him? That just doesn't make sense.

Delta may have some sort of "plan" but whoever designed it was an idiot or has not kept up with it to see if it's working. I would render that it's an algorythem that has gone awry. When Delta first came out with it in '04 it actually worked well. Now it's just totally random.