International versus domestic punctuality is apples v oranges
- waiting for domestic connections, will wait a period if its the only flight that day; domestic departures often dont wait for intl connections to number of available flights
- fast flight plans, often planned to arrive up to 30mins early, can therefore accept small delays for pax etc and still arrive early
- have been ready to go early or on time on many occasions only to wait at gate for acft next door to push, start and taxi (similar problem with QF domestic layout, not as big a drama for Virgin with more open layout)