Absolutely horrendous that this happened. Almost inexcusable. I do have a scenario though....let's say the crew was about to run out of time or there was weather moving into an area where the flight needed to be or there was a curfew for takeoff or landing which is very common. In that case, a whole return planeload of people would have been inconvenienced. The manager took the lesser of the two evils, if this was the case.
If there were no extenuating circumstances, the decision was reprehensible. If there were, it was a great call.
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