The Fastest Way to Board a Plane Feels Like the Slowest

Why HN readers recommended it

It is the default link in any thread about boarding or deplaning order, praised as an excellent, clear treatment.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

CGP Grey

Topic

airplane boarding efficiency

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

9

HN mentions in dataset

13

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Better off watching CGP Grey's video "The Better Boarding Method Airlines Won't Use" which has more discussion of the topic, more simulations, and puts forward better methods that are either faster or allow families to remain grouped. [VIDEO] This is basically [LINK] but differs to …

• Highly recommend this video of plane boarding methods by CGP Grey [VIDEO] The end is the real kicker, how we deplane is the worst method.

• CGP Grey has a great video examining different boarding methods and why some are slower or faster than others: [VIDEO] Also noting that the way we deplane (front to back) is the slowest method, heh.