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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 7:41 am
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Originally Posted by allen074
what i meant was that say there are 50 rows on the plane -- board the elites first (tho i think this is stupid) -- put rows 40-50 on first, then 30-40 and so on... so that the people in the back get on without waiting for gramma ethel to get her bag up on the top in row 14.
OK, please specify the airlines that don't do this. Gramma Ethel may have been either elite or "passenger needing assistance". Otherwise, all the majors that I fly board the rear passengers and passengers in window seats first, then middle sections and front middle seats, then front section.

One problem is that "elite and pax needing assistance" is sometime 70% of the plane.

Unless you are flying Southwest with their "cattle call" boarding method. Is there another airline that follws that pattern?
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