HEY SWA : wanna seat people quicker?
START HERE: ( 3 NO COST, NO-BRAINERS)
1. KEEP OPEN SEATING FOR NOW, HOWEVER....revamp the pre-board thing COMPLETELY. please. Can someone say "amen"?
It's simple: preboard group #1 is only families or kids traveing solo. They get to sit in any seats behind the emergancy rows: "The Family Section." Families could set up for travel without being pressed. They are closer to the rear restrooms where Mom or Dad can now wait with their little kids for an available lav., without violating that "gathering" law in the forward galley area.
Forward seating might become a bit quiter. Hello?
At deplaning, as forward rows de-plane first and fast, families would have a chance to organize and regroup before exiting. Get out your timers...check it out, SWA. Zero cost and little risk to try it.
Ever watch these poor parents struggle in the asiles with bags and toys and diapers trying to get out quickly? Or not? Come on , SWA ...Give em a break !.
Sitting in the "Family Section" would help them.
Betcha a bag of peanuts de-planing is faster with the family section pre-board as described.
2. PREBOARD #2 (handicap, elderly, military, etc) follows immediately and essentially settles in CONCURRENTLY with preboard #1.
Now, about pre-board abuse: bring a cane or limp and you're golden.
It's unfair to all, and an insult to those with legitimae disabilities.
SWA : Consider new pre-board criteria for what constitutes "HANDICAP."
I submit that some of what now qualifies for pre-board privelges, should not.
3. IT'S SIMPLE PHYSICS: many suitcases have NO business being wheeled aboard. We have all watched the true believer jam and shove and push that wheeled carry-on into the overhead space, certain the laws of physics and space will be momentarily suspended.
In passenger & big luggage vs. limited overhead space, it can be one ugly wrestling match. I feel most sorry for the poor guy underneath just waitng to get gonged while the struggle ensues. And the boarding line, once again, comes to a complete stop while each match takes place.
to wit, SWA: people MUST STOP bringing these wheeled monsters aboard. Again, it is not really fair for those who have decided to comply, correct luggage within guidelines. It is not fair to those who have checked in luggage. And it is really not fair to the poor SWA flight attendants who often do manage to pull off a miracle and get the luggage cramed overhead bins. God blesss 'em.
Can I get an amen?
Fred Sac
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