rotating zone system. An airplane seating strategy in which coach seats are filled in stages, starting with a block of seats at the rear of the plane, then at the front, then at the rear and so forth until all seats are filled. See also back-to-front system, open seating plan, reverse pyramid system, and Wilma.
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