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Mythbusters also studied this, and they came to the same conclusion - that random was fastest BUT also learned that passengers hated it. It only saved a minute over the next fastest method which passengers loved: flightclub.jalopnik.com/…
– Wossname
Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 22:55
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@DavidLively - Planes are not running their engines while parked and boarding, so gas consumption is not an issue, except maybe at some remote airport without gateside power or air conditioning where they might keep the APU fired up.
– user13044
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 2:21
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What is "random" exactly? (a) Letting everyone on together without dividing them in groups, or (b) dividing them in groups, but with each person assigned randomly to one of the groups? The article you link does not seem any clearer on this point.
– Federico Poloni
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 8:00
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@Tom Even then, the APU consumes almost nothing in 1 minute...
– yo'
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 8:58
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Also, I don't believe that WilMA is favoured as it separates groups (it actually separates even couples). Imagine a 5yo boarding alone, or my aunt that has never flown lol. This just doesn't make sense as is.
– yo'
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 9:01

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