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Old 16th Oct 2018, 12:44
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Dave Gittins
 
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It might help if people knew the difference between pushback time (which is the one airlines advertise because it is the time when all pax need to be boarded and sat strapped in) and take off time. I hear soooo many people sitting on aeroplanes saying "well this is bad, we are late already, we'll never take off at 16.35, we are at least 20 minutes late" when in fact it's 16.30 and we're ready to push, TOBT is 16.35, for a TTOT of 17.05 and an arrival in Malaga (i.e. EIBT) at 19.40 with the actual airborne time 2 hrs 15 mins, so it'll probably actually arrive 15 mins early.

[all times in Z rather than L to make my point]
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