This One Idea May Expedite Boarding Time by 71%
Jackie Reddy November 23, 2015
One man’s radical cabin design bans baggage to quicken boarding times by a whopping 71 percent.
Boarding a plane can be tedious, but one man’s view on baggage could expedite this painful process. For Devin Liddell, principal brand strategist at design consultancy Teague and founder of conceptual airline Poppi, the answer lies in banning carry-on luggage.
In an effort to improve the efficiency of air travel as well as the overall passenger experience, Liddell and his team have designed their own carrier. Poppi may be a hypothetical airline, but that hasn’t stopped Liddell from attempting to creatively address one of the main snafus of modern air travel.
Ironically, he and his team have done this by taking inspiration from the bygone age of flight, a time when overhead bins were used to store passengers’ hats.
Devoid of these bulky lockers, Liddell’s cabin design instead features slimmer compartments. These old-style “fedora bins”, as Liddell terms them, could be used to hold travelers’ bare essentials, such as laptop bags and purses.
Though this would be a radical departure from the current carry-on set-up featured by airlines around the globe, Liddell feels that it could have a substantial impact on boarding speed.
“In the boarding model that we used, fedora bins would increase the speed of boarding up to 71 percent,” Liddell explained in the Boston Globe. “It’s a huge difference in how fast people could get on and off the airplane.”
This scenario could also have positive implications for airport security. The idea is that, with no carry-on luggage to check, there would be a smoother flow of passengers through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints. Additionally, with shorter security waiting times, passengers would no longer need to arrive hours prior to take-off.
However, he concedes that, with passengers’ essential purses and laptop bags in the cabin, this space will never be truly free from luggage. Finally, he admits that the time saved during the departure process would be negated as passengers would still need to collect their checked luggage.
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"In the boarding model I used, making passengers travel naked saved 71% in time required to empty pockets and take off shoes and belts at TSA checkpoints" says design guru Nev Erbeenthere.
Can't believe Flyertalk is even giving this article any oxygen. Poorly thought through and of zero value to the frequent flyer community.
bbp, weight passenger and luggage? so because all of my family is over 6'2" we are would pay more than someone like you yet i bet our assess are smaller than yours...jerk.
The solution is easy. Charge for carry on luggage a well as checked in luggage. Let the customer decide who then handles the load after they pay the fee. Easy as pie. Most casual fliers will choose to check in rather tan carry as the incentive to carry on the luggage is gone. The airlines can use the extra revenue for whatever they please. If the bag goes in the overhead it pays the bag fee. That will be the day sanity returns to air travel.
Why is it that every time someone suggests limiting carry ons that every handicapped person in the world has to get on and claim disabilities and such for them to be an exception. There is a solution to this handicapped dilemma. Run an air ambulance for all of them once a week then they can all travel together and share their stories....geez....