Originally Posted by
NotanAVGeek
Qatar was 30 mins early but ended up on stand over 30 mins late. Westjet was a little late and a Delta ATL ran over an hour late but doesn’t leave much room for flexibility.
Westjet was an hour late off blocks despite arriving pretty much on time. DL similar situation, arrived on time, turnaround was 30mins longer than planned. I'm not sure on the reasons for these ground delays, but they are happening quite a lot with those particular aircraft. QR regularly running 15-30mins early makes it worse. With advanced warning there are other options available to avoid the holding for QR, but you don't really get that with ground handling delays, so they really mess things up. It's happened a good few times now on the days Westjet operates, and QR can't be too happy with it.