Factorul de imbarcare / Boarding factor

Inauguram astazi si o sectiune a termenilor de specialitate din domeniul nostru de activitate.

Factor de imbarcare – procentul de ocupare al locurilor dintr-un avion.

Un astrofizician de la Laboratorul National Fermi, din Illinois, s-a gandit la o solutie pentru a scurta timpul consumat cu urcarea calatorilor in avion.

Se pare ca folosind metoda standard, din spate in fata, un aparat de zbor se umple cu 72 de pasageri in 6 minute si 54 de secunde. Jason Steffen pledeaza pentru inlocuirea metodei traditionale care presupune imbarcarea pasagerilor din spate in fata, cu una noua. Aceasta ar insemna asezarea calatorilor dupa principiul un loc da, unul nu, pornind de la fereastra, continuand cu randul din mijloc, iar apoi cu cel de la marginea culoarului.
Potrivit lui Steffen, astfel, 72 de calatori cu bagaje in maini ar umple avionul si si-ar gasi si ocupa locurile in doar 3 minute si 36 de secunde, fara sa se calce in picoare si fara sa se deranjeze unii pe altii.
O alta metoda de imbunatatire a timpului de imbarcare ar fi ocuparea tuturor locurilor de la fereastra, apoi a celor din mijloc, iar in final a celor de la margine. Timpul dedicat aceastei operatiuni ar fi de 4 minute si 13 secunde, o durata mai mare decat cea obtinuta cu ajutorul "metodei Steffen".

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We open today a specialized terms section of our blog.

 

Boarding factor - the occupacy percentage of airplane seats.

 

An astrophysicist from Fermi National Laboratory, Illinois, thought of a way to shorten the time spent by passengers boarding the plane.

 

It seems that using the boarding standard method, from back to front of an aircraft, this one can be filled with 72 passengers in 6 minutes and 54 seconds. Jason Steffen advocates replacing traditional method which involves passengers boarding back to front, with a new one. This would mean placing travelers on the principle one place occupied, one place not occupied - from the window, continuing with the middle row and then at the edge of the corridor.

According to Steffen, thus, 72 passengers with luggage in hand would fill the plane and they would find seats in just 3 minutes and 36 seconds, without stepping on feet and without bothering each other.

Another way to improve boarding time is filling all places of the window, then the middle and finally those on the edge. The time devoted to this operation would be 4 minutes and 13 seconds, a longer duration than that obtained using the  "Steffen method".

 

IIA Team