Originally Posted by
jbeauv
I had a dead head to EWR on OCT 17 on CA 4922 , departure time was 12:41, that is probably when we started boarding. Pushed from the gate 13:05, we sat in the penalty box until 13:55, Captain told us it was a ATC flow issue, I suspect it was due to missing the 12:41 departure. With that being said kudos to the crew for landing 0nly 15 minutes late in EWR.
To be fair, this happens to everyone going into the big hubs. None of the major hub airports in the US were designed to handle the volume of traffic they now receive. So us small guys typically sit and wait longer.