Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
Maybe because the external air wasn't hooked up? They are usually quick to hoop up power, but not air north of the MDL.
I've noticed that there seems to be a marked difference in cultures between keeping the cabin cool for pax boarding/unboarding, and that our brothers from the lower latitudes seems to have less of an issue with having no air and cabin temps into the 80's. Comfortable pax are happy pax.....

I could maybe see this for the DC9, but that's it. Every other fleet should have no problem leaving the APU OFF if the aircraft is 20+ mins from departure in our current weather. It hasn't even got warm yet, except for some 70-80 degree days in the Midwest.