Originally Posted by
ATOBTTR
Side note: do announcements about "if you don't have a tight connection or this is your final destination, please stay seated to allow those with connections to get off sooner" really matter or do they just make people feel better that the airline is putting on a front of trying to do something?
Because DL lists boarding time, pax in Main 2 want to be at the gate 40+ min before departure even though they won’t be called until ~20 min before the flight, so they have a sense of urgency.
Approximately 2/3 of pax at ATL are connecting. 2/3 of all passengers are middle or window. Meaning: there’s an 80% chance at least one inside person per row needs to get out. Meaning everyone gets out. In every single row.
That’s why these announcements fail.