The students ran 10,000 trials and found the most optimal order of boarding and disembarking from planes. Photo / SuppliedThe students ran 10,000 trials and found the most optimal order of boarding and disembarking from planes. The random boarding method, while seemly crude and inefficient was found to be reasonably effective. This is opposite to the "front to back" boarding method which is employed by most airlines and was found to be the slowest disembarking method. Both methods minimise aisle blockages, and allow optimal aisle flow.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 17, 2022 02:05 UTC