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February 4, 2007
Celebrate Good Boarding ... Come On!
I just realized that it's become more or less universal in the U.S. to play Kool & the Gang's "Celebration " during airplane boarding. I hadn't even noticed its ubiquity until recently, just that there was always annoying music playing during boarding.So, anyone want to argue that "Celebrate" wasn't thoroughly market-tested for its boarding-expediting features before it obtained widespread adoption? I can imagine the meetings, with time-and-motion sorts at the airlines trying out different tunes in a quest for an inoffensive, upbeat and bouncy song that would get bums in seats faster, without it being too obvious that was the goal, of course.
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Unless you are on United economy, in which case the tune is Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang"...
What airlines are you flying? I clocked about 65k miles last year, and I don't recall hearing it once . . .
They need a little Rondo alla Turca.
Although Southwest would probably just announce that they'd given out one more boarding pass than there were seats available, that the tickets were non-refundable, and that the whole thing was on a first-come, first-served basis. Doesn't have to be true to work (the first time).