Originally Posted by
captjns
I used to experience the same thing in MIA following the silver jets who did not have their numbers and could not takeoff. Oh well... wasn't my gas, and I got paid whether I was on the ground or in the air... at the end of the day... didn't make much of a difference to me.
I've been on two or three AA planes where we've had to sit at the end of the runway for 5-10, even 15 minutes once to get our numbers. Never really understood it.