Originally Posted by
Mesabah
It doesn't make logical sense, if I land early, I might as well go wait in the pad, rather than slow all arriving traffic into the hub to meet a 10min landing window. If ground crews are not available when we land, that's not our job to supervise the ramp staff.
I think it's tied more to passengers getting irritated when we have to wait for gates rather than cost savings. Going to the pad vs slowing aloft saves fuel but if the goal is to "not wait for a gate" it doesn't accomplish that.
The passengers likely won't notice if we take 5 or 10 minutes extra aloft but if we make the "short of the gate" PA they notice.
I'm just guessing that's what they're trying to accomplish with this. They could just tell us to taxi slow...