Originally Posted by
Pilotpip
We've been flying MDW-LGA since I started there. The MAT and Shuttle product are nothing new to us. Based on your "before we were born" comment I'm betting this is flamebait.
Actually, although the MDW flights go into the MAT, it's still not part of the Delta Shuttle.........yet
They are trying to build it up to that.
I think the previous poster's meaning is that those shuttle pax are used to the shuttle routine, which means boarding at 30 prior. Most of them don't know that they are stepping onto a technically different a/c and carrier. Personally, if those things are full at what, 64 or 70 seats or whatever, boarding at 20 prior seems to me to be asking for some late block outs and DAL comes down heavy on gate agents for even a minute late. That's probably what has the station personnel so worked up.
Whether flamebait or not, the "before most of SA's pilots were born" comment is also probably accurate.