Originally Posted by
rwsteelers
More often than not the choke point in the boarding process is not scanning your BP, but rather the ramp and aisle once you are on board and looking for overhead space (all those oversize rollers). I doubt this process has any measurable impact on overall boarding time.
Exit row pax tend to board first since they're gold/plat and there aren't jetway delays yet.
You're right about measurable impact, but in general, things that slow down a process tend to...slow down the process.