Originally Posted by GogglesPisano

I was called into a CP’s office for this very reason a while ago. The gate agent claimed, “The captain impeded door closure.” My response was that I hadn’t even signed the release yet. That’s #25 on my list of 100 things to do before push. And what’s the point of closing the door if we can’t possibly push for another 20 minutes because I spent the first 5 minutes of my workday climbing over people in the jetway.”

He agreed.