Originally Posted by
tsquare
I know I am going to regret this...
However...
For the sake of the discussion. If you are blocked at... let's say 8:40. And it's VMC all the way across the country. Flight planned at a high Mach number. No delays on taxi out. None on taxi in. The ground crew is waiting for you and blocks you right in. Yet you are 21 minutes late.
Can you justify the reason for being that late?
T
The problem is the company is leaving no wiggle room for the, what if. You know as well as I do, that Murphy's Law seems to apply to aviation on a daily basis. How about the numerous times you are asked to turn 30 right for spacing. I have flown into BOS on a clear day and been told to hold over Norwich when I can see the airport 50 miles ahead. Slow as much as practical as Atlanta is switching airport configuration. I could go on and on. The real issue is if you over block that first leg by the small buffer, your done!