Originally Posted by
Salukipilot4590
The IAD stuff is so simple.
From CKB its just CKB-MGW-IAD or maybe CKB-IAD. Then you do the occasional IAD-SHD-BKW-IAD. All-in-all it's not bad as long as you know how to be out early!
PROTIP: If you wanna be out early from IAD have your FO (Or you if you're the CA) personally walk up to the gate agent 30 prior and ask to board ASAP. If there's no other flight boarding just stand there until they start the announcements to board.
What will happen ordinarily is you ask to board 45 minutes prior, 40 minutes prior, 35 minutes prior and finally 15 minutes prior. The first pax gets on 10 minutes prior and you're 10 late.
You've gotta be PROACTIVE in IAD....
It's like you're doing someone else's job...
...but that's the Dulles way!
I'll just start sending delay reports that say I can't be on time if I have to do my job AND be a ramper and gate agent...