Originally Posted by
Floyd
Four minutes before departure and you notice a family of five run to the gate. The cabin door has closed and the jetway is starting to move away from your jet. You have plenty of seats open. You're flight planned 8 min early flying slow. Zone/ops says they aren't bringing the jetway back and you should push on time.
What do you do?
Last Christmas Eve, DEN-BZN final flight of the night. I got wind of 4 running from the Express gates to B-16. Agent wanted to close up without them for an on time. Zone said so. I flat out refused to move knowing the Express flight had arrived. Turned out to be a military family from SAT with 2 little kids. We left 15 late and arrived 1 minute late. Christmas Eve. I can’t believe how stupid we are sometimes.