Originally Posted by
KSCessnaDriver
What's the cost of mis-connecting 10 passengers because you flew 250 knots like SkyPest versus burning some extra fuel to get there early.
Maybe the landing window non-sense makes sense at a gate constricted airport like LGA or JFK, but in ATL, I'm not so sure.
The whole point of the landing window is to avoid misconnecting people. If you’re flying slow it’s because you’re early, so maybe you slow down and land 15 minutes early instead of 35 minutes early. Nobody with a legal connection time should misconnect. That also means flying faster when you’re behind schedule to help out misconnects.