Not to mention that it's a $100 fine/min for every minute the plane is connected to the bridge past it's push-off time (I have a parent who works for an airline and deals with the analytics of delays). There is no reason, other than safety/mechanical, that the airline would choose to leave their plane at the bridge. they'd rather push off, and have delays on the tarmac. They pay a certain amount to use the bridge/gate already.kittypurry wrote:Missy bitching about another plane leaving without 22 people--does she not understand how important it is for airports to stay on schedule? Waiting 10 minutes means delaying the next plane that needs to come in to unload passengers or get ready for the next flight (loading bags, refueling, cleaning cabins and stocking food takes time). Other passengers have connecting flights that they could miss because the plane is waiting for people.
Delays are big headaches for Air Traffic Control because it affects not just the one plane and its passengers, but pretty much all of the planes in the origin and destination airports. Imagine if every plane waited just 10 minutes, you would have hours of delays at several airports. That's thousands (millions? ) of people affected just to wait for those who didn't give themselves enough cushion time
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And as others have said, I can't wait for them to have to fly through bigger, badder airports. Try Heathrow at Christmas time...not fun!! I arrived there a full 4 hours before my flight BOARDING (not departure BryBry) and maybe had 1.25-1.5 hours of downtime post bag-drop, security, etc.