For self regulation I think the problem is there isn’t a straight path to a more optimal solution.
In similar situations I generally try to wait in my seat until the congestion dies down (if I’m not in a rush). While I get the benefit of a more relaxing experience this has the effect of significantly delaying my departure.
But for a real solution I think you really need some simple modification you can make that benefits the group without significantly costing yourself. Other than delaying I can’t really think of any other simple changes passengers would make that would move them in the direction of a more complete solution.
As to pilot organized optimizations I think this has to do first with the fact the airline wouldn’t really benefit that much (the bottleneck would be refueling and maintainence, not disembarking) and the cost of seeming to order passengers around.
Btw, as to the proposed solutions.
“Left aisle seats, please rise and move to your luggage. (Pause.) Left aisle seats, please retrieve your luggage. (Pause.) Left aisle seats, please deplane. (Pause.) Right aisle seats, please rise and move to your luggage...”
Families who don’t want to break apart would break this algorithm and explaining exceptions would be too complicated.
“There are numerous other minor tweaks that this suggests, like seating people with tight connections near the front left aisle, or boarding passengers with window seats before passengers with middle and aisle seats.”
Similarly these also have issues with breaking apart families or inducing a cost of forcing people away from their preferred seats (I’d rather sit in my preferred seat than get off the plane quickly).
I wouldn’t be surprised if all solutions had similar costs.
For self regulation I think the problem is there isn’t a straight path to a more optimal solution.
In similar situations I generally try to wait in my seat until the congestion dies down (if I’m not in a rush). While I get the benefit of a more relaxing experience this has the effect of significantly delaying my departure.
But for a real solution I think you really need some simple modification you can make that benefits the group without significantly costing yourself. Other than delaying I can’t really think of any other simple changes passengers would make that would move them in the direction of a more complete solution.
As to pilot organized optimizations I think this has to do first with the fact the airline wouldn’t really benefit that much (the bottleneck would be refueling and maintainence, not disembarking) and the cost of seeming to order passengers around.
Btw, as to the proposed solutions.
“Left aisle seats, please rise and move to your luggage. (Pause.) Left aisle seats, please retrieve your luggage. (Pause.) Left aisle seats, please deplane. (Pause.) Right aisle seats, please rise and move to your luggage...”
Families who don’t want to break apart would break this algorithm and explaining exceptions would be too complicated.
“There are numerous other minor tweaks that this suggests, like seating people with tight connections near the front left aisle, or boarding passengers with window seats before passengers with middle and aisle seats.”
Similarly these also have issues with breaking apart families or inducing a cost of forcing people away from their preferred seats (I’d rather sit in my preferred seat than get off the plane quickly).
I wouldn’t be surprised if all solutions had similar costs.