Of course, this new seating plan is a good idea---all of us hanging in those lines made no sense.
And, of course, it is much better than assigned seats--because with assigned seats we often end up in the middle of a family or group of friends.
BUT--when families dont board first, that cancels out the value of the change--for two reasons:
1) if families get on later, there will be much discussion and standing in the aisles as they try to find seats near each other--ask people to move--accept that their kids cant sit with them---this will all take time and cause confusion, instead of having that part go smoothly as it does now.
2) one of the main advantages to me of choosing my seat when i get on the plane is that i can look around and try to sit far away from babies and little kids---now that wont work as they wont be seated first
so i think the new plan is great, as long s the babies get on the plane first!!
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