Originally Posted by j2simpso
If Canadian airports operated like their Japanese brethren we're looking at 15 minutes to deplane a 777 and another 15 minutes to board a 777 which would give cleaners and everyone else an hour to get things going so to speak. Unfortunately, this is Canada and I doubt we'll ever find the same efficiency as the Japanese (it's a cultural thing).
Because remote stand operations were specifically timed, I know how long it takes to offload passengers into a fleet of buses (deplaning was not timed at regular bridgeheads). This past summer, they regularly deplaned a JAL B788 on a remote stand in an average of 8 minutes at YVR. Korean (B789) took a minute or two longer. Air Canada declined to use remote stands upon arrival. It may be a cultural thing, but it's not an airport thing.