Having flown Southwest Airlines in the USA they operate a similar system.
My belief is that if the punter is getting a fare for 2/3 of F_ckall or a really cheap deal they just dont seem to give a toss.
I reackon they must just be pleased that they made it on time!
Although this may seem to be a pain in the arse with the closing of flights go to beautiful downturn Luton or Stansted and see what happens if similarly late.
At least its motivation for idiot pax to be there on time and proceed to the departure lounge as directed.
On time departures means that costs are reduced.
Hopefully Brett Godfrey may realise this and take serious strides to improve
VB's deplorable ontime dispatch.
Godfrey insisted on-time dispatch figures be made public by the authorities for all airlines after whining and carrying on in the media as per usual.
This has backfired on both
Vb and himself severly after
VB's lousy on time figures were made public for one and all to see!
Gee Brett, you're actually making QF look efficient and business like!
Godfrey appears to be his own worst enemy in this case.