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Exactly. This proposal entirely ignores human nature, and the author has obviously not done any research into the problem beyond being annoyed while waiting to exit an aircraft.

There's this 2015 article on doing essentially what he/she is suggesting: https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5877863/it-takes-forever-to-get...

There's a paper on solving the problem by assigning passengers to seats so that their luggage is evenly spread throughout the overhead bins: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096969971...

There's a paper here on other methods tried, including creating "pre boarding" areas for passengers: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269466040_Speeding_...

The first step in any scientific endeavor should always be a literature search.. see what's been tried, and what worked and what didn't.




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