United Airlines will now board window seat passengers first

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Comments

[yankeesarelove]

JetBlue already does this - window seats get group B and aisle gets D.

Board back to front, come onnnnnn

[mnemo_syne]

I don't know why people want to board first anyway other than to make sure their carry-on isn't checked. It's hard not to hit those people making your way down the aisle.

I always pick window so I'm good with this change.

[archersangel]

According the the Mythbusters experiments where they had volunteers (with a carry-on) board a airplane mock-up, and they timed it, then asked people to rate each boarding plan. Back-to-front was confirmed as the slowest, with the third lowest satisfaction score.
But Reverse Pyramid (a combination of back-to-front and WILMA) was significantly faster than back-to-front, and the most satisfying.

[_myaugust]

I wonder why it was the slowest considering there is always a jam from front to back because of people putting their luggage away.

[archersangel]

It has been a very long time since I saw the episode & I can't recall what they problem was with it.

But I found this from the American Airlines CEO for a while ago;
https://viewfromthewing.com/the-ceo-of-american-airlines-explains-why-back-to-front-boarding-doesnt-work/