On: Ask HN: Why aren’t planes boarded back-to-front?

[npace12]

I always thought it was because the plane would tip if you put all that weight in the back

[redler → npace12]

This does happen. Some planes, like stretch 737s, have preventive tail-stands ground crew can attach to the back of the plane at the gate.

[mongol → npace12]

That would be something