So I just traveled to Portsmouth, VA for an experimental conference – in the sense that I don’t expect conferences of this type to prove productive, but maybe I should try at least once – in the unlikely event that there are any local Overcoming Bias readers who want to drive out to Portsmouth for a meeting on say the evening of the 20th, email me – anyway, I am struck, for the Nth time, how uncooperative people are in getting off planes.
Most people, as soon as they have a chance to make for the exit, do so – even if they need to take down luggage first. At any given time after the initial rush to the aisles, usually a single person is taking down luggage, while the whole line behind them waits. Then the line moves forward a little and the next person starts taking down their luggage.
In programming we call this a "greedy local algorithm". But since everyone does it, no one seems to feel "greedy".
How would I do it? Off the top of my head:
"Left aisle seats, please rise and move to your luggage. (Pause.) Left aisle seats, please retrieve your luggage. (Pause.) Left aisle seats, please deplane. (Pause.) Right aisle seats, please rise and move to your luggage…"
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