Why are planes loaded with the front seat passengers first?
Here’s why airplanes are loaded the way they are: First class, business elite, platinum, silver, gold, bronze, slightly yellow colored customers are always allowed to board first because they paid for it. That’s what it is all about. Then the coach people are allowed to board. Not all airlines do it that way. Airlines such as JetBlue board from the rear forward becuase they have proven that boarding that way is faster than letting certain groups from the front forward go. To prevent people who sit in the back from putting their bags in the overhead in the front, the flight attendants simply close those overhead bins until the last group of people who are in the front are ready to get on board. Southwest boards their planes by A,B,or C. Your boarding pass letter is all about how early you check in. There’s no math to figure out there, just check in early. Also, I want to point out that jetBlue uses both rear and front doors in some of their cities. Boarding through both doors at the sam
