Travel dilemmas: On that mad rush to board
by Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times
Apr 09, 2018
4 minutes
Question: Don't you think it is strange that airplanes are still designed to be boarded from the front? And that airlines board the passengers starting with those sitting in the front rows?
- Gary Kazanjian
Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Answer: Don't I think it's strange? That's such a wonderful straight line I can hardly contain myself.
But, no, it's not all that strange, at least not when you consider everything that's in play.
In fact, it's almost a bit Shakespearean. Every boarding has drama (will someone sit in the middle seat in my row?), tension (room for my carry-on?), anger (stuck in middle seat), sorrow (stuck in middle seat by
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