Why do airlines board planes front to back?

The boarding gate is usually a shite show. The quicker your out of that area the better.

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Maybe I’m alone here, but boarding first when the flight has assigned seating doesn’t seem beneficial to me. You just pay more to sit on the plane waiting longer for everyone to board. Wouldn’t it be more of a luxury to be the last ones to board so you don’t have to be on the plane longer or in case you’re running late for whatever reason?

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This is a pet peeve of me It is stupid.

1) Carry on space
2) so the rich people can laugh at all the poors when they walk past.

Overhead bin space is a reason to want to be on sooner than later.

Not fighting for overhead space is an underrated perk of flying first or business class.

Because the people who paid more to sit toward the front (first/business class, economy plus, comfort, exit rows etc) get first dibs on overhead bin space.

My initial guess would be it has to do with luggage allocation. May be more of a holdover for when there were more seating classes and differences there, but the last ones on full flights almost always will have issues with the overhead storage. So, those paying more get on first and ensure no issue there. Just a guess though.

100% due to carry-on overhead space.

But airlines actually experimented with this during height of Covid and it was way more efficient.

The solution is to figure out how to handle carryon space privileges.

They could maybe have a service for elites where the gate workers place their luggage above assigned seats before everyone boards. Then elites board last.

Load the first class passengers first to balance the fat poors in the back, otherwise the plane would tip over.

Okay so if you’re on the backside of the plane you don’t get to use the overhead bins. Problem solved.

The Boeing jet that loads in the center (so 1st class and Comfort+ go left and the poors go right) is the way to do it. The only drag is that 3 Comfort+ passengers get trampled by the elephants.