@solidus4prez i have the best way to deal children i look to their parents with a 50$ Fake Bill And Say: If this kid STFU For The Rest of the ride is all yours Then i give the fake dollar and troll dance XD
It seems like the order people boarded in matched their seats... as opposed to, say, the first person in line getting the first seat and everyone having to go around him. Is ordered queuing part of the process?
He says half an hour. Time that cuts from boarding passengers would allow the plane to leave earlier. A half hour of time less for the plane to sit idling means there is less gas being registered as consumed and less for you to have to pay for your tickets. Gas is registered as being burned even when its just fumes and not by the gallon and that regulates how much a ticket costs. This can ruin the above margin cost.
30 minutes is enough to let regulators know the customer is being ripped off.
@UnbreakableVow6 aaaaaa sorry but I really dont see that bit working
just as an idea line up front and back sitting passengers in 2 lines, get some back ones in 1st then get people from the other cue.... Im not an expert but that makes more sense to me
@djnaau sometimes "common sense" is neither, and that seems to be the case here. the method your propose proves to be the least efficient, and the method in the video (as anyone who actually watches it can plainly see) is blindingly better than absolutely every boarding experience i've ever had. if you are at all interested in educating yourself about this, there's a bbc article entitled "Tests show fastest way to board passenger planes" (i can't put a link in this post)
@sueb262 Im not saying that my idea is any better from mathematical point of view it just seems a bit more logical... mathematically the solution in a video might be perfect but logically it got more holes then last years socks :)
above video clearly doesn't have any passengers that travel in groups... also passengers with kids usually mean small kids... so if you have 8 years old will you leave you kid to board the plane by him/her self?
@djnaau apparently you still haven't read anything about this method, and i'm not sure that your powers of logic are up to evaluating this task. the method specifically says that families and groups board first, so get that "problem" right out of your head. read that bbc article, won't you?
@djnaau oh, yeah, also? while it's true that mathematical techniques were used to develop this method, it's ACTUAL, REAL-LIFE STUDIES that have given it the "best" standing. not formulae. or logic (whoever's that might be). but real, breathing, humans trying to get to their seats. (and surely, it must be obvious that the video we're commenting on is not the only trial of it. right? i mean, right??)
@djnaau that was my immediate thought as well. couple's and family's will be split up. only small kids get to board first, not families with preteens and teenagers. that could cause some hiccups, although it wouldn't be all that bad for a few adjacent seats to fill at once, since families will most likely coordinate their own seating.
still, i would like to see the experiment done providing for a family contingency. this may very well be the reason this isn't employed in the industry as it is.
@vitaminkswitch no, in the steffen method, families and groups get seated first, so they are NOT "split up". how could it be the "best method" if it didn't take THAT into consideration?? you should read about the method before you make ignorant statements about it.
@sueb262 ^^pretentious asshole alert. take a breather, sue. sheesh.
anyways, that was precisely my point. it can't be the best method if it didn't take THAT into consideration. and if what you say is true, then it kind of defeats the purpose of the strategy. if every married couple or family with children boarded first, then how much time are you really saving if the majority of passengers would still board the plane in the traditional fashion?
@vitaminkswitch well, that is the classic mistake of the untrained thinker. relying on the knowledge, personal experiences, guesstimates, and gut feelings of a single brain practically guarantees getting the wrong answer. that's the reason we do studies: to find what the real deal is rather than simply guessing. real research often stands "common sense" on its head. once those new results get incorporated into the common mind, they are the new "common sense".
oh my god. who fucking cares? if your job description has absolutely anything to do with finding faster ways to board planes, you should be shot. obviously they have never actually talked to the pilots. who, decide when to take off. when the maintenance crews give the green light, when all the luggage is loaded, they can push off. this is just so dumb. airlines dont change the method because it wont do anything except make people sit in their seats for longer. they really just dont care.
@grizzlykillsall Apparently this process halves the amount of time it takes for the passengers to board the plane, so the staff can easily stick to their schedule. I don't see what's wrong with this. Yeah I'm sure the guy could find much better things to do with his time, but if this really is easier for everyone then what's the problem?
@xXnageMnessXx the problem is that all this does is make you sit in your seat for longer. i enjoy rushing to my seat shoving and pushing, to have to sit there for another 20 minutes.
@TheObnoxiousMan oh hey another guy trying to be the cool guy with the cool answer. shut the fuck up. its youtube. ill write essays wherever the fuck i want.
@grizzlykillsall It's actually not the pilots that decide when to take off, it's the control tower. They tell the pilots when to take off at a specific time so that way no plane comes within 100-400 feet of another. When you have delays, such as weather, they still need to time when the plane is able to take off.
@borontheborelord oh im sorry. i guess i did put that wrong. its the pilot that decides when the plane is ready for takeoff, and closes the door. the door doesnt open again except for emergencies. this just doesnt solve anything
this isn't all that genius....it's common sense...i've wondered since i was a little kid why they don't get their act together and board planes like this...
This is such a dumb idea. I appreciate efficiency as much as anyone else, but so often, families are travelling together with children. Is it really worth saving a few minutes when you consider the annoyances it will cause when couples, families, etc. are asked to split up and board at different times?
@CyrusGd Yes, it is worth it. Let's say you're Southwest, which flies 3300 flights per day. 5 minutes saved per flight is 16500 minutes saved per day, or, 275 hours per day. You don't think an airline would like to save 275 hours of wasted time per day? Time is money, especially in the airline industry. As it showed in the video, this boarding method wouldn't apply to families with children, which would board first. So grown adults can't spend 5 minutes apart from each other?
Main problem would be the human factor. The odds of people being as cooperative with the idea as they are here is quite low – probably they would just fill in back row first like they're used to.
@BNBazel They would probably hchange the sections, so instead of it being the front is group A, and the back is group G or whatever, it would have the wings be group A, the middle group B, ect. This way the airline can more easily control the order.
@BNBazel Oh don't be silly.This isn't a bus. The majority of the time,you have assigned seating on a plane. I am somewhat surprised you didn't know that. The only examples of a "human factor" were pointed out in the video, like the initial aisle blockage, and the guy in the wrong seat. Anyways, you're wrong. Have a great day!
YES! That precious boarding time is saved! Now people can use it to...sit on their asses and wait for the take off. And seing how sitting on their asses is pretty much everything they are going to do for the next 3+ hours, it is of vital importance that they start as soon as possible.
@Alknix You have to look at it from an efficiency standpoint as the airline (not the passengers) would. Cutting out 5 min from boarding time from a several hour flight does add up when factored in over a number of flights, considering that during this time the engines are running, the personnel are being paid, and time at the terminal is taken up for what could be another plane-full of passengers to depart (especially during the busy holiday season. Next time try thinking.
@FlamingYoda339 why not? they're still going to sit where their ticket indicates. the only difference is that mom and the little ones would get on first, then big sister comes in with the passengers being seated at the windows, then they have to wait for dad to come in with the rest of the aisle seat passengers. no biggie.
Why at the very end the amount of time saved by this method is bleeped out? WTF?
I don't care where I sit, I want to be first on the plane and make sure I get space for my luggage because I'll be goddamned if I'm ever to check my bag!
@deathguitarist12 - If I was in charge of boarding, that is exactly what would happen; passengers would be assigned a boarding number, based on what row & seat they are in & would be lined up in numerical order (except for small kids needing help) in that tunnel thingy. One other thing I would change is parents with small children being first; it makes at least as much, if not more, sense for them to be last, so they have more time before they have to sit still.
Also if kids were last, the carry-on with their toys would be on of the last things in the overhead bin so it would be easier to get out after take-off, kids wouldn't spend as much time with crotches in their little faces, other passengers wouldn't have to climb over their little swinging feet, and the flight attendants could be in the aisle helping the parents get the kids settled into their seats.
What if there are many children boarding the plane? It seems like since they need assistanceall the time, in the event there are many children, there would still be congestion. I don't know. Just a thought.
Does anyone still use twitter? I don't know a single soul who uses it. I thought only 10 year olds following their teenaged heart throb singer/movie star crushes used it these days.
@jakeharvey because i dont think it saved any time at all. We are all human, and well Humans are humans. Until its automated, some human error will cuase a chain reaction of other human corrections and subsequent errors that will only cuase further pile ups..
Probably because that information is economically valuable and the professor would like to sell the implementation system to the airlines rather than having them steal it from him.
wtf? If you have a seat on the plane it should not be any scientific problem with boarding the shit!!! It's not like you're going to miss it if you're inside the fucking thing! Stiupid video!
Jag tycker att man borde få gratis busskort för att åka till skolan. Jag bor 5.9 kilometer från skolan och jag måste cykla för att komma till skolan gratis. Men min cykel är sönder och det kostar 1800 kr att laga. Annars kan jag betala för att åka buss. Men det kostar 2000 kronor per år och jag gillar pannkakor. Random shit is random.
Men hur får man folk att gå på i rätt ordning? De säger "nu vill vi att passagerare på platserna 61-79 boardar, välkommen ombord" Då springer ALLA fram som om de inte skulle hinna med planet. Pinsamt. Hur ska de då lyckas koreografera detta konststycke? Utopi
no matter what the airlines say, I want to go in first because I want room for my luggage, a blanket and a pillow, I couldn't care less if boarding takes 15 minutes less. Not. My. Problem.
As far as I know the current method is filling up x row - y row. for ex. 25-35, often starting with the rows in the back (2 entries, front starting filling middle->front, back starting to fill middle ->back).
The method displayed here must be similar to that except that they are organized to fill up back and window first but not people on the same row at the same time. This would be harder to implement than state.
This will sound heretical to the Reaganites among you but the solution lies in RE-REGULATING THE AIRLINES !! If we can regulate the amount of SEAT PITCH then we have solved this whole boarding process. It will not matter the order that window or middle pax are boarded because there will be ample room in the row to step into your seat without them having to move out into the aisle. Tickets WILL cost more but the whole product will also be more predictable and less cattle-car like.
This is absolutely INACCURATE. How is the poor stupid gate agent supposed to set this up ? The pre-staging required in order to do this would be longer than the boarding process itself. Also these volunteers do something that the majority of dumb-ass sheeple don't and that is when someone is stopped in the aisle putting up their bags these volunteers walked around them. In real life people just stop and stand there.
@savagecub Um, actually, it's not that hard. You give people big numbers on their tickets and call out the numbers. The "stupid" gate agent doesn't have to set anything up. It's a simple system.
So you are going to assign a "Boarding Priority Number" in addition to a seat and row number ???. Certainly you are giving the average Pax way too much credit. Think of your average Southwest or Airtran customer - they're either from a trailer park or a tractor pull (at least the sober ones) that puts more numbers in one place than they've seen since their lotto ticket. All it takes is two aisle seated pax to board out of order in this is thrown into disarray.
@savagecub Really, it's not that hard. Color coded tickets. And the person at the kiosk catches errors as people try to board out of order and tell them they need to wait. I do understand that 50% of the population is below average intelligence by definition, but this can be done. The hard part is not training idiots, but rather convincing skeptics like you to just try it.
Really.....and from where do the printers come that automatically sort through three different colors of ticket stock ? You want me to try and sell a system to the airlines that will require them to change out EVERY single printer at EVERY single gate of EVERY airport that they operate from WORLDWIDE ???? What would you guess that's going to cost ? That's gonna go over like a fart in church !
@savagecub LOL -- there's this amazing new technology called a color printer. Have you heard of it? They are already using it to print the pretty logos on the ticket. Just add a nice colored square. No cost needed.
@wealthychef The boarding agent will have to split up passengers travelling together using this method. This method could be efficient on the aircraft to get people seated faster however it would definitely cause congestion at the boarding gate with all the confused non speaking english travelers that just want to get on board! not wait around for every single window pax to get on first. We ALWAYS get 10-20 pax on a full flight not listening to boarding announcements and boarding in wrong order
@3nergy444 You are working harder than your hypothetical gate agents to make this a problem. Confused non-English speaking people: if they don't listen then make them wait until next logical spot. Again, this can all be handled pretty simply with a little thought. You don't have to figure it out case by case. Make simple rules. People with children or other crucial companions that have to board together board first and sit near the back if possible. When they are on board, you continue...
@savagecub On the plane ticket, in big letters, would be printed "WINDOW", "MIDDLE" & "AISLE". The attendant would call WINDOW passangers first. How's that difficult?
Why that's not at all difficult....in theory. All it takes is about two aisle pax to board out of sequence and the process begins to bog down. And with the level of chaos that is generally occurring in the vicinity of the boarding gate it is VERY easy for the gate agent to miss this. Additionally factor in that there WILL BE people already sitting in aisle seats due to boarding priority for "Familes traveling with small children and anyone requiring EXTRA time".
The quickest way is to board thru 2 doors at once. Southwest Airlines developed a dual boarding bridge for that purpose--one in the back, and one in the front.
@jmalmond1947 ....exactly...and the bigger planes have three doors that could be used for boarding...but that would make way too much sense. Bottom line: use at least two doors to board and fill from the middle forward and the middle back. It really isn't that complicated. The airlines are their own worst enemy and seem to make small problems into big ones. They don't really have my sympathy....
@dpclark2001 I fully agree with you, I remember the new seats they were tried to test for economy, which are.. ridicoulously small and put you in a weird position..
@itsshortforleo ...but don't flight attendants have to staff those doors anyway? You have flight attendants standing guard at all the doors during boarding and yet only one door is being used? Beside, gate agents don't cost that much money. The gains in the ability to turn flights quicker and increased passenger satisfaction will outweigh any additional incremental costs. The winners in this business question the status quo - it is how we got e-tickets..and hopefully new boarding methods.
Pretty obvious, it replicates what happens if there is a free-for-all. People go for the windows and the back. And if anyone needs to shuffle through, they can easily scoot out of the aisle. Plus window-seaters can stow luggage without even standing in the aisle.
Its not as easy as it seems. I work at the airport and i do boarding daily. We only have 1-2 staff to board 1 aircraft and boarding in this way is a lot more work. Passengers at the boarding gate tend to not listen to announcements made which causes mix ups with passengers with priority boarding. If we were to hold passengers & board them in this method we would be separating passengers travelling together. This method wont cause congestion on the aircraft, but at the boarding gate it will
Some have already alluded to this but the simple answer is... board passengers in seat row order! Have the gate steward simply call the row numbers individually in sequence so that passengers fall into order at the gate minimising waiting for or squeezing past of someone trying to settle in their seat on the plane. Just a bit of common sense is all thats needed here - not a mathematical formula wielding astrophysicist! What a waste of good brain cells!
Most of the problems are caused by the lack of overhead space while the airlines keep cramming people in like sardines to max revenue. The airlines need to equip their overhead baggage storage with designated space per seat and end the ridiculous policy of 'first come first serve."
I believe just applying some logic will speed up the time for boarding and passengers to get settled in faster. I believe the logic is to seat in order (if only one entry, at front of plane and 1 bag per person): family with kids, rear to front, window to aisle, odd then even seat numbers. This combination used with blocks of seating numbers should do it. Let the air stewards call the boarding... there'll be more on-time departures.
You wait 10 minutes just to bottleneck behind some dude as he stows his child's jacket, buckles the kid in, deliberates the necessity of his own sweater, reaches back up to the overhead to grab the kid's teddy bear, then shoots you a look that makes you feel like an asshole for even considering squeezing by..
Good, now you're settled in.. to wait another half hour.
The plane's not sneaking away. Stay seated in the waiting room till all's clear.
@battling: like I said there is likely merit to using the while aisle, and this method may well be better than current methods. It would be good to see both tested with 200 px where 175 have bags to stow in 150 spaces. This method might win hands down, but getting in and into the seats is only part of the game. Thx for seeking improvement.
The method is not explained at all. While there is probably merit to making use of the whole aisle, the scenario filmed is totally unlike any boarding I have done in recent years. Any simulation and testing needs to include tons of carry-on luggage and seeing what happens when the people in the middle or back of the plane discover there is no more overhead space (or their bag won't fit) and they then have to truck their back back to the front against boarding traffic. Baggage fees and lost lugg
It took a man with a doctorate to figure out how people should get into a flying metal tube.
StephenHP44 1 month ago 3
The professor and his five-head zit concur.
TheMpo1986 1 month ago
Why do passengers with children first??? So the kids can sit there for longer and get more antsy and thus more annoying?
solidus4prez 1 month ago
@solidus4prez The kids take longer to get on so it's better to get them out of the way first.
Karimbus1 1 month ago
@solidus4prez i have the best way to deal children i look to their parents with a 50$ Fake Bill And Say: If this kid STFU For The Rest of the ride is all yours Then i give the fake dollar and troll dance XD
Derp17000 1 month ago
This is brilliant.
lispectorando 1 month ago
It seems like the order people boarded in matched their seats... as opposed to, say, the first person in line getting the first seat and everyone having to go around him. Is ordered queuing part of the process?
tvienti 1 month ago
I liked the part where it says "Follow us on Twitter".
darkus113 1 month ago 3
He says half an hour. Time that cuts from boarding passengers would allow the plane to leave earlier. A half hour of time less for the plane to sit idling means there is less gas being registered as consumed and less for you to have to pay for your tickets. Gas is registered as being burned even when its just fumes and not by the gallon and that regulates how much a ticket costs. This can ruin the above margin cost.
30 minutes is enough to let regulators know the customer is being ripped off.
elocfreidon 1 month ago 11
@elocfreidon No, it halfed nearly the time from 7 minutes to 4 minutes.
Boarding methods put to test
"Block" boarding - 6:54
Back-to-front - 6:11
Random - 4:44
Wilma method - 4:13
Steffen method - 3:36
- Source: BBC
imhotirl 1 month ago 2
Science makes stupidity act faster?
nokopapa 1 month ago
this, this makes insane amounts of sense to me.
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DeadlyDreamerX 1 month ago
everyone is single on a plane didnt look like they have couples trying to get spots next to each other etc
djnaau 1 month ago
@djnaau No, the couples just board separately, then sit together.
UnbreakableVow6 1 month ago
@UnbreakableVow6 aaaaaa sorry but I really dont see that bit working
just as an idea line up front and back sitting passengers in 2 lines, get some back ones in 1st then get people from the other cue.... Im not an expert but that makes more sense to me
djnaau 1 month ago
@djnaau sometimes "common sense" is neither, and that seems to be the case here. the method your propose proves to be the least efficient, and the method in the video (as anyone who actually watches it can plainly see) is blindingly better than absolutely every boarding experience i've ever had. if you are at all interested in educating yourself about this, there's a bbc article entitled "Tests show fastest way to board passenger planes" (i can't put a link in this post)
sueb262 1 month ago
@sueb262 Im not saying that my idea is any better from mathematical point of view it just seems a bit more logical... mathematically the solution in a video might be perfect but logically it got more holes then last years socks :)
above video clearly doesn't have any passengers that travel in groups... also passengers with kids usually mean small kids... so if you have 8 years old will you leave you kid to board the plane by him/her self?
djnaau 1 month ago
@djnaau apparently you still haven't read anything about this method, and i'm not sure that your powers of logic are up to evaluating this task. the method specifically says that families and groups board first, so get that "problem" right out of your head. read that bbc article, won't you?
sueb262 1 month ago
@djnaau oh, yeah, also? while it's true that mathematical techniques were used to develop this method, it's ACTUAL, REAL-LIFE STUDIES that have given it the "best" standing. not formulae. or logic (whoever's that might be). but real, breathing, humans trying to get to their seats. (and surely, it must be obvious that the video we're commenting on is not the only trial of it. right? i mean, right??)
sueb262 1 month ago
@djnaau that was my immediate thought as well. couple's and family's will be split up. only small kids get to board first, not families with preteens and teenagers. that could cause some hiccups, although it wouldn't be all that bad for a few adjacent seats to fill at once, since families will most likely coordinate their own seating.
still, i would like to see the experiment done providing for a family contingency. this may very well be the reason this isn't employed in the industry as it is.
vitaminkswitch 1 month ago
@vitaminkswitch no, in the steffen method, families and groups get seated first, so they are NOT "split up". how could it be the "best method" if it didn't take THAT into consideration?? you should read about the method before you make ignorant statements about it.
sueb262 1 month ago
@sueb262 ^^pretentious asshole alert. take a breather, sue. sheesh.
anyways, that was precisely my point. it can't be the best method if it didn't take THAT into consideration. and if what you say is true, then it kind of defeats the purpose of the strategy. if every married couple or family with children boarded first, then how much time are you really saving if the majority of passengers would still board the plane in the traditional fashion?
either way, not exactly the "best" method.
vitaminkswitch 3 weeks ago
@vitaminkswitch well, that is the classic mistake of the untrained thinker. relying on the knowledge, personal experiences, guesstimates, and gut feelings of a single brain practically guarantees getting the wrong answer. that's the reason we do studies: to find what the real deal is rather than simply guessing. real research often stands "common sense" on its head. once those new results get incorporated into the common mind, they are the new "common sense".
so, yes, exactly the "best" method.
sueb262 3 weeks ago
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Was that astrophysicist so damn bored of boarding planes that he decided to design this instead?
JeffVoon 1 month ago
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JeffVoon 1 month ago
oh my god. who fucking cares? if your job description has absolutely anything to do with finding faster ways to board planes, you should be shot. obviously they have never actually talked to the pilots. who, decide when to take off. when the maintenance crews give the green light, when all the luggage is loaded, they can push off. this is just so dumb. airlines dont change the method because it wont do anything except make people sit in their seats for longer. they really just dont care.
grizzlykillsall 1 month ago
@grizzlykillsall Apparently this process halves the amount of time it takes for the passengers to board the plane, so the staff can easily stick to their schedule. I don't see what's wrong with this. Yeah I'm sure the guy could find much better things to do with his time, but if this really is easier for everyone then what's the problem?
xXnageMnessXx 1 month ago
@xXnageMnessXx the problem is that all this does is make you sit in your seat for longer. i enjoy rushing to my seat shoving and pushing, to have to sit there for another 20 minutes.
grizzlykillsall 1 month ago
@grizzlykillsall I don't see why you're getting so bent out of shape over this... you even wrote a fucking essay about it.
TheObnoxiousMan 1 month ago
@TheObnoxiousMan oh hey another guy trying to be the cool guy with the cool answer. shut the fuck up. its youtube. ill write essays wherever the fuck i want.
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TheObnoxiousMan 1 month ago
@grizzlykillsall It's actually not the pilots that decide when to take off, it's the control tower. They tell the pilots when to take off at a specific time so that way no plane comes within 100-400 feet of another. When you have delays, such as weather, they still need to time when the plane is able to take off.
borontheborelord 1 month ago
@borontheborelord oh im sorry. i guess i did put that wrong. its the pilot that decides when the plane is ready for takeoff, and closes the door. the door doesnt open again except for emergencies. this just doesnt solve anything
grizzlykillsall 1 month ago
this isn't all that genius....it's common sense...i've wondered since i was a little kid why they don't get their act together and board planes like this...
rugby2190 1 month ago
The bleeped part was clearly just says "Fuck loads"
madviolentchicken 1 month ago 14
We can't use that method because it makes sense!
husayn1972 1 month ago 12
This is such a dumb idea. I appreciate efficiency as much as anyone else, but so often, families are travelling together with children. Is it really worth saving a few minutes when you consider the annoyances it will cause when couples, families, etc. are asked to split up and board at different times?
CyrusGd 1 month ago
@CyrusGd You didn't heard from the beginning, did you? Families travelling with children go first, before all the other people...
fixepa1 1 month ago 3
@CyrusGd Yes, it is worth it. Let's say you're Southwest, which flies 3300 flights per day. 5 minutes saved per flight is 16500 minutes saved per day, or, 275 hours per day. You don't think an airline would like to save 275 hours of wasted time per day? Time is money, especially in the airline industry. As it showed in the video, this boarding method wouldn't apply to families with children, which would board first. So grown adults can't spend 5 minutes apart from each other?
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DirtinSky 1 month ago
Main problem would be the human factor. The odds of people being as cooperative with the idea as they are here is quite low – probably they would just fill in back row first like they're used to.
BNBazel 1 month ago
@BNBazel They would probably hchange the sections, so instead of it being the front is group A, and the back is group G or whatever, it would have the wings be group A, the middle group B, ect. This way the airline can more easily control the order.
Krystalcove 1 month ago
@BNBazel Oh don't be silly.This isn't a bus. The majority of the time,you have assigned seating on a plane. I am somewhat surprised you didn't know that. The only examples of a "human factor" were pointed out in the video, like the initial aisle blockage, and the guy in the wrong seat. Anyways, you're wrong. Have a great day!
phlipped36 1 month ago
YES! That precious boarding time is saved! Now people can use it to...sit on their asses and wait for the take off. And seing how sitting on their asses is pretty much everything they are going to do for the next 3+ hours, it is of vital importance that they start as soon as possible.
Alknix 1 month ago
@Alknix You have to look at it from an efficiency standpoint as the airline (not the passengers) would. Cutting out 5 min from boarding time from a several hour flight does add up when factored in over a number of flights, considering that during this time the engines are running, the personnel are being paid, and time at the terminal is taken up for what could be another plane-full of passengers to depart (especially during the busy holiday season. Next time try thinking.
ledboblen1 1 month ago
@Alknix LOL! Funny, but I think the point is to minimize stress not save time :p
MentosMan727 1 month ago
It kind of looks like families can't sit together though :/
FlamingYoda339 1 month ago
@FlamingYoda339 why not? they're still going to sit where their ticket indicates. the only difference is that mom and the little ones would get on first, then big sister comes in with the passengers being seated at the windows, then they have to wait for dad to come in with the rest of the aisle seat passengers. no biggie.
threenorns3 1 month ago
I assume that the thumbs down are from the Airlines.
R0ckinL0llip0p 1 month ago 90
Why at the very end the amount of time saved by this method is bleeped out? WTF?
I don't care where I sit, I want to be first on the plane and make sure I get space for my luggage because I'll be goddamned if I'm ever to check my bag!
countorloffable 1 month ago
It looks to me like everyone also boarded in the order of their seats. Good luck getting them to line up like that in the real world.
deathguitarist12 1 month ago
@deathguitarist12 - If I was in charge of boarding, that is exactly what would happen; passengers would be assigned a boarding number, based on what row & seat they are in & would be lined up in numerical order (except for small kids needing help) in that tunnel thingy. One other thing I would change is parents with small children being first; it makes at least as much, if not more, sense for them to be last, so they have more time before they have to sit still.
BrigitofBergental 1 month ago
Also if kids were last, the carry-on with their toys would be on of the last things in the overhead bin so it would be easier to get out after take-off, kids wouldn't spend as much time with crotches in their little faces, other passengers wouldn't have to climb over their little swinging feet, and the flight attendants could be in the aisle helping the parents get the kids settled into their seats.
BrigitofBergental 1 month ago
What if there are many children boarding the plane? It seems like since they need assistanceall the time, in the event there are many children, there would still be congestion. I don't know. Just a thought.
JapandrewMa 1 month ago
Good job, science. This is definitely a major advancement within the scientific community.
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Davenport627 1 month ago 264
So by the time the aisle passengers board the plane all bin space is used.
migvalenci 5 months ago 5
Does anyone still use twitter? I don't know a single soul who uses it. I thought only 10 year olds following their teenaged heart throb singer/movie star crushes used it these days.
swissyrescue 6 months ago
i dont get it. cant people just not be dicks and not take 20 minutes trying to get oversized bags of useless shit into the locker?
NerfHerderD17 6 months ago
Seriously guys, if you're going to tell us to go to your Twitter page, put it in a less conspicuous place, or just in the description...
missionverdana 6 months ago 4
Those aisles allow people to pass by one another. Aircrafts I've been on do not allow this!
JayBooney 6 months ago
Why did they bleep out the amount of time it cuts out?!
jakeharvey 6 months ago 113
@jakeharvey It takes HALF the time of normal plane boarding. I don't know why they bleeped it.
laallaal75 1 month ago 2
@jakeharvey Because it cuts out a "shitfuckton" of time.
CheesyBerger 1 month ago 5
@jakeharvey because i dont think it saved any time at all. We are all human, and well Humans are humans. Until its automated, some human error will cuase a chain reaction of other human corrections and subsequent errors that will only cuase further pile ups..
Look at a highway.
mccarthy155 1 month ago
@jakeharvey
Probably because that information is economically valuable and the professor would like to sell the implementation system to the airlines rather than having them steal it from him.
patricklouch 1 month ago
@jakeharvey Because the man deserves to get paid for his research, so I'm guessing it is/was a trade secret?
ahanson140 1 month ago
wtf did i just watch...give me my precious time back!
monkiemike 6 months ago
Too bad you are so desperate for traffic that you left an idiotic watermark in the middle of the video...
captainpiccard 6 months ago
Finding a better way of boarding is worth millions of dollars for the industry.
Every minute a plane is on the ground costs money!
Calamite944 6 months ago 3
They need doctors to think of this?
milenium2500 6 months ago 2
He can't say shit? What a pussy
pieguy123ful 6 months ago
Was this made in like 1990s?
sch001b0y 6 months ago
DR. STEFFEN HAS TOO MUCH FUCKING TIME ON HIS HANDS
BoBtheparrot7 6 months ago
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hdtvcamera1 6 months ago 2
@BoBtheparrot7 Dr Steffen has too much time on his hands because he worked out the plan while he was waiting to board a plane.
ambrosenuk 6 months ago
Dette må være det eneste svenskene har prestert å oppfinne som er brukbart...
tannalv 6 months ago
@tannalv Oi, you're missing Celsius and Nobel, neighbour.
jonus63 1 month ago
@jonus63 Nobel was not invented. He was created. Silly Swed...
tannalv 1 month ago
@tannalv By that, I mean inventors, obviously.
jonus63 1 month ago
That was fucking stupid
dkbmxer44 6 months ago
but i always come late so i not there when they called my seat.
jeremytan83 6 months ago
Uddevalla!!!
turdan100 6 months ago
Doncs jo crec que és útil i que resol molt de temps en embarcament tediós i espantós. Suficient has d'esperar.
aighash 6 months ago
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TheDicksonschannel 6 months ago
smedby
nightmarecorn 6 months ago
This is bullshit, I have no problem with planes your all just acting like lil bitches.
SpawnofWinnipeg 6 months ago
@SpawnofWinnipeg Cattle are rarely bored.
nilbud 6 months ago
/watch?v=EJeeWjXoUxE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL mw3 mulitplayer trailer, it looks shit compared to bf3
Wolfpacckk 6 months ago
Fake
mjh34mjh34 6 months ago
LJUSDAL!!!
BLINDTARMEN2 6 months ago
men vrf ere så många svennar här xD ? ere svensk video ?
ZPEEDY97 6 months ago
This isn't funny and that watermark is unnecessary.
pendulum95 6 months ago
Hästfitta
Wilxen77 6 months ago
FEST HOS MANGE?
AddeXtreme 6 months ago
Sundsvall!!
Dexcyn 6 months ago
Örebro!
TCfoxs 6 months ago
Stockholm stad
assplash15 6 months ago
Denna video va tråkig och de är bögarnas fel.
TheSimonTech 6 months ago
Look at his head :OOOOOO It's huge!
youmarttube 6 months ago
Tjenare manneN
Schieem 6 months ago
vad är detta?
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keEpitReal331 6 months ago
wtf? If you have a seat on the plane it should not be any scientific problem with boarding the shit!!! It's not like you're going to miss it if you're inside the fucking thing! Stiupid video!
MrRareGameUnboxer 6 months ago
Göteborg här!
Da0rky 6 months ago
vårt land har just nu ockyperat denna video
MrBesvikenson 6 months ago 5
@MrBesvikenson Ockuperat.
Solicitude7 6 months ago
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TCfoxs 6 months ago
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TCfoxs 6 months ago
Hej Sverige.
RawMciver 6 months ago 8
Men hur får man folk att gå på i rätt ordning? De säger "nu vill vi att passagerare på platserna 61-79 boardar, välkommen ombord" Då springer ALLA fram som om de inte skulle hinna med planet. Pinsamt. Hur ska de då lyckas koreografera detta konststycke? Utopi
markusishere 6 months ago
Jag kom nyss hem från skolan och kollade på trender.
TCfoxs 6 months ago 3
mogen video
orzhageN 6 months ago
He swears at 1:38 he says it cuts all the shit
obadets3 6 months ago
hej
hejdu13337 6 months ago
There were a lot of people passing others in the aisles... I didn't see any obese people.
ElManzanador 6 months ago 3
Tummen upp i analen :)
gstylechico 6 months ago 8
Vad menas med det här? Tror Youtube att vi Svenskar behöver en lektion i hur man går på ett flygplan?
Ottostl 6 months ago 4
@Ottostl Ja. Har du någonsin flugit så vet du svaret.
markusishere 6 months ago
no matter what the airlines say, I want to go in first because I want room for my luggage, a blanket and a pillow, I couldn't care less if boarding takes 15 minutes less. Not. My. Problem.
grauntlet 6 months ago
SVERIGE FÖR FAN!
ibanezgr 6 months ago 153
Vårat Land tar över detta youtube klipp nu.
RawMciver 6 months ago 13
Volume is too low. I wanted to like this video...but I couldn't hear it!
bcosteloe 6 months ago
As far as I know the current method is filling up x row - y row. for ex. 25-35, often starting with the rows in the back (2 entries, front starting filling middle->front, back starting to fill middle ->back).
The method displayed here must be similar to that except that they are organized to fill up back and window first but not people on the same row at the same time. This would be harder to implement than state.
MrFacesmasher 6 months ago
i still dont get what this video is about..
Jonisfilm 6 months ago
SVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERIGE.
MrsAbowiify 6 months ago
How about moving your fat fucking ass and sitting in your fucking seat faster. it's not that hard you fucking idiots. Jesus Christ.
TIKIMAN198 6 months ago
You can hear him about to say 'half' before the beep.
TheSpiderByte 6 months ago
This won't work unless airlines enforce the boarding order... which they rarely do!
dansam42 6 months ago
If the airlines really cared about efficiency of boarding, we wouldn't have first class boarding first, nor would we have the TSA involved AT ALL.
Mindraker1 6 months ago
Unprofessional watermark. Lose it.
newzini 6 months ago 169
@newzini Yeah, I'm having trouble seeing the pattern, and the watermark isn't helping.
Innovator8 6 months ago
This will sound heretical to the Reaganites among you but the solution lies in RE-REGULATING THE AIRLINES !! If we can regulate the amount of SEAT PITCH then we have solved this whole boarding process. It will not matter the order that window or middle pax are boarded because there will be ample room in the row to step into your seat without them having to move out into the aisle. Tickets WILL cost more but the whole product will also be more predictable and less cattle-car like.
savagecub 6 months ago
This is absolutely INACCURATE. How is the poor stupid gate agent supposed to set this up ? The pre-staging required in order to do this would be longer than the boarding process itself. Also these volunteers do something that the majority of dumb-ass sheeple don't and that is when someone is stopped in the aisle putting up their bags these volunteers walked around them. In real life people just stop and stand there.
savagecub 6 months ago
@savagecub Um, actually, it's not that hard. You give people big numbers on their tickets and call out the numbers. The "stupid" gate agent doesn't have to set anything up. It's a simple system.
wealthychef 6 months ago
@wealthychef
So you are going to assign a "Boarding Priority Number" in addition to a seat and row number ???. Certainly you are giving the average Pax way too much credit. Think of your average Southwest or Airtran customer - they're either from a trailer park or a tractor pull (at least the sober ones) that puts more numbers in one place than they've seen since their lotto ticket. All it takes is two aisle seated pax to board out of order in this is thrown into disarray.
savagecub 6 months ago
@savagecub Really, it's not that hard. Color coded tickets. And the person at the kiosk catches errors as people try to board out of order and tell them they need to wait. I do understand that 50% of the population is below average intelligence by definition, but this can be done. The hard part is not training idiots, but rather convincing skeptics like you to just try it.
wealthychef 6 months ago
@wealthychef
Really.....and from where do the printers come that automatically sort through three different colors of ticket stock ? You want me to try and sell a system to the airlines that will require them to change out EVERY single printer at EVERY single gate of EVERY airport that they operate from WORLDWIDE ???? What would you guess that's going to cost ? That's gonna go over like a fart in church !
savagecub 6 months ago
@savagecub LOL -- there's this amazing new technology called a color printer. Have you heard of it? They are already using it to print the pretty logos on the ticket. Just add a nice colored square. No cost needed.
wealthychef 6 months ago
@wealthychef The boarding agent will have to split up passengers travelling together using this method. This method could be efficient on the aircraft to get people seated faster however it would definitely cause congestion at the boarding gate with all the confused non speaking english travelers that just want to get on board! not wait around for every single window pax to get on first. We ALWAYS get 10-20 pax on a full flight not listening to boarding announcements and boarding in wrong order
3nergy444 6 months ago
@3nergy444 You are working harder than your hypothetical gate agents to make this a problem. Confused non-English speaking people: if they don't listen then make them wait until next logical spot. Again, this can all be handled pretty simply with a little thought. You don't have to figure it out case by case. Make simple rules. People with children or other crucial companions that have to board together board first and sit near the back if possible. When they are on board, you continue...
wealthychef 6 months ago
@savagecub On the plane ticket, in big letters, would be printed "WINDOW", "MIDDLE" & "AISLE". The attendant would call WINDOW passangers first. How's that difficult?
itsshortforleo 6 months ago
@itsshortforleo
Why that's not at all difficult....in theory. All it takes is about two aisle pax to board out of sequence and the process begins to bog down. And with the level of chaos that is generally occurring in the vicinity of the boarding gate it is VERY easy for the gate agent to miss this. Additionally factor in that there WILL BE people already sitting in aisle seats due to boarding priority for "Familes traveling with small children and anyone requiring EXTRA time".
savagecub 6 months ago
The heck with the airlines, I take Amtrak.
BigTonySF 6 months ago
I think the time it takes to put those people in order and for them to take their seats is the same without all this science.
Tarento86 6 months ago
The quickest way is to board thru 2 doors at once. Southwest Airlines developed a dual boarding bridge for that purpose--one in the back, and one in the front.
jmalmond1947 6 months ago
@jmalmond1947 ....exactly...and the bigger planes have three doors that could be used for boarding...but that would make way too much sense. Bottom line: use at least two doors to board and fill from the middle forward and the middle back. It really isn't that complicated. The airlines are their own worst enemy and seem to make small problems into big ones. They don't really have my sympathy....
dpclark2001 6 months ago
@dpclark2001 I fully agree with you, I remember the new seats they were tried to test for economy, which are.. ridicoulously small and put you in a weird position..
looking more like a toilet than a seat.
supertamal2099 6 months ago
@dpclark2001 boarding on multiple doors would mean hiring more people to attend those doors, money wasted.
itsshortforleo 6 months ago
@itsshortforleo ...but don't flight attendants have to staff those doors anyway? You have flight attendants standing guard at all the doors during boarding and yet only one door is being used? Beside, gate agents don't cost that much money. The gains in the ability to turn flights quicker and increased passenger satisfaction will outweigh any additional incremental costs. The winners in this business question the status quo - it is how we got e-tickets..and hopefully new boarding methods.
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realkiller0 6 months ago
NO Luggage in overhead bins and make these mother fuckers sit in Alphabetical order waiting in line before boarding the plane. SIG HEIL
TEHTYMEKITTEH1 6 months ago
Pretty obvious, it replicates what happens if there is a free-for-all. People go for the windows and the back. And if anyone needs to shuffle through, they can easily scoot out of the aisle. Plus window-seaters can stow luggage without even standing in the aisle.
gp4nut 6 months ago
Its not as easy as it seems. I work at the airport and i do boarding daily. We only have 1-2 staff to board 1 aircraft and boarding in this way is a lot more work. Passengers at the boarding gate tend to not listen to announcements made which causes mix ups with passengers with priority boarding. If we were to hold passengers & board them in this method we would be separating passengers travelling together. This method wont cause congestion on the aircraft, but at the boarding gate it will
3nergy444 6 months ago
Well, I might have watched this video had it not been for the obnoxious twitter ad in the center of the video.
ChemistInJapan 6 months ago
Some have already alluded to this but the simple answer is... board passengers in seat row order! Have the gate steward simply call the row numbers individually in sequence so that passengers fall into order at the gate minimising waiting for or squeezing past of someone trying to settle in their seat on the plane. Just a bit of common sense is all thats needed here - not a mathematical formula wielding astrophysicist! What a waste of good brain cells!
goodg3m 6 months ago
Most of the problems are caused by the lack of overhead space while the airlines keep cramming people in like sardines to max revenue. The airlines need to equip their overhead baggage storage with designated space per seat and end the ridiculous policy of 'first come first serve."
planetcave 6 months ago
i didnt get this at all
ibrijoe 6 months ago
last couple of flights I took there was no specified boarding order.
alphamone 6 months ago
Most random censorship at the end
AhcriSlate 6 months ago
I believe just applying some logic will speed up the time for boarding and passengers to get settled in faster. I believe the logic is to seat in order (if only one entry, at front of plane and 1 bag per person): family with kids, rear to front, window to aisle, odd then even seat numbers. This combination used with blocks of seating numbers should do it. Let the air stewards call the boarding... there'll be more on-time departures.
MaxstarO 6 months ago
Why do people cue to reach assigned seats?
You wait 10 minutes just to bottleneck behind some dude as he stows his child's jacket, buckles the kid in, deliberates the necessity of his own sweater, reaches back up to the overhead to grab the kid's teddy bear, then shoots you a look that makes you feel like an asshole for even considering squeezing by..
Good, now you're settled in.. to wait another half hour.
The plane's not sneaking away. Stay seated in the waiting room till all's clear.
nolanbmcdonald 6 months ago
@battling: like I said there is likely merit to using the while aisle, and this method may well be better than current methods. It would be good to see both tested with 200 px where 175 have bags to stow in 150 spaces. This method might win hands down, but getting in and into the seats is only part of the game. Thx for seeking improvement.
milepost95 6 months ago
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cjracer1000 6 months ago
The method is not explained at all. While there is probably merit to making use of the whole aisle, the scenario filmed is totally unlike any boarding I have done in recent years. Any simulation and testing needs to include tons of carry-on luggage and seeing what happens when the people in the middle or back of the plane discover there is no more overhead space (or their bag won't fit) and they then have to truck their back back to the front against boarding traffic. Baggage fees and lost lugg
milepost95 6 months ago