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American Airlines Leaves Thousands of Passengers at Gates as It Pushes On-Time Departures
Pilots at American Airlines said the airline is so committed to making sure airplanes take off on time that in February it left 20,000 passengers stranded at the gate as the door to the airplane closed. The number was provided to American pilots Thursday in a letter from Dan Carey, president of the Allied Pilots Association.... (www.aviationfigures.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Nothing is too good for the paying passenger, and that's what they get!
It used to be a rule that min connecting time btwn carriers was 90 min and 60 min for same carrier. At I&C if you didn't have that 90 min you were pretty much screwed. Two hour checkins for domestic and three hours for international is what we've always used as a guideline. Most international carriers close off their waiting rooms 45 min before departure, so if you're not there, you're not getting on board.
Fucking happened to me on American Airlines was late departing Los Angeles to Miami where I needed to make a connection and instead sat on the tarmac for 30 minutes for American Airlines figured out how to operate the jet bridge. As a result I had to dash to make my connection which left the gate right as I got there. I felt kind of pissed because the Airline could've simply contacted the gates to say I was on my way. I fly on status and I was Z class. I ended up having to overnights on Christmas Eve instead of being with my family.
Simple question.Why do peope arrive late and miss their 'plane ? Something is surely wrong somewhere when so many people missed their flights.This is not good PR for American even though they may push back on time!
Connecting flight was late?
United are a great airline to travel with but there is a huge problem with gates closing early. With a planned flight I contacted the airline as I was concerned about a 55 minute layover and was told I would have plenty off time to catch my next flight but off course despite landing on time, I got to my gate and found it had closed 20 mins early. Resulting in having to travel via Brussels and case going awol, not a pleasurable experience at all.