Originally Posted by
wileydog3
A number of different triggers could have revealed this... talking to the ground crew for engine start-push back, when no passengers showed up near departure time, when the agent came looking for the pilots, when the next crew showed up, when the Capt gave the pax a weather briefing for ATL and they were going elsewhere.
VERY unlikely they would have gotten off the gate BUT it has happened.
It is an interesting question, for in all liklihood, the other Comair CRJ on the LEX ramp was the early AM departure for CVG. The fuel and flight time to CVG would be far less than the ATL route. You'd think there would be all kind of issues before the pilot would sign that dispatch paper!