Sorry, you're too late...
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Parking brake trick? I guess I know what you are referring to, but the airplane will not be at its destination earlier...
Besides... formally the parking brake has nothing to do with blocktimes.
P77
Besides... formally the parking brake has nothing to do with blocktimes.
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“First, as has been said elsewhere, have you ever heard of "XYZ airlines apologises for the late departure of Flight 123 for Wherever because the flight and cabin crew were delayed by train/car/other delays"
Err, Yes.
Flight back from Budapest, over an hours delay waiting to get on the plane, then over an hours delay sat on the plane waiting for a new take off slot.
The reason. There was a meeting of senior NATO officials in town that day, and as a security measure large sections of the motorway system were closed down. Result traffic chaos, result the crew were delayed getting to the airport from their hotel.
Now this has only ever happened to me once, and I am sure that this sort of thing is very very rare. But it does go to show that being late can happen to even the best of us.
Err, Yes.
Flight back from Budapest, over an hours delay waiting to get on the plane, then over an hours delay sat on the plane waiting for a new take off slot.
The reason. There was a meeting of senior NATO officials in town that day, and as a security measure large sections of the motorway system were closed down. Result traffic chaos, result the crew were delayed getting to the airport from their hotel.
Now this has only ever happened to me once, and I am sure that this sort of thing is very very rare. But it does go to show that being late can happen to even the best of us.
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I know passengers who turn up at last minute may feel harshly treated by having boarding denied but have also experienced waiting in a fully laden 747 at SIN whilst a lady was running to get on board at last minute. Suffice to say all the surrounding passengers were extremely annoyed when the captain came on the PA and avised that due to the late passenger we had lost our slot and would be delayed another 90 mins. After a long trip from LHR all I wanted to do was get home to MEL and daresay the other passengers echoed similar sentiments. The airline would have been better off having 1 unhappy customer rather than 400.
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I was flying from London to San Francisco last November changing at Chicago. On the second leg of the flight, we were delayed in the departure lounge for an hour. The explanation... the pilot has not turned up so we are having to find another! Maybe this is just the US way of doing things, but nevertheless, it just shows that it can and does happen.
