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Most airlines cut off boarding at ten minutes. They need time to calculate the final passenger/baggage load, double check fuel, etc. By letting someone on last minute, especially on a smaller regional aircraft, it throws all of those numbers off.
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This was from a regional (US Air Express) to US Air regular flight and I was there
8 min before the flight and sitting on the tarmac for another 15 while they picked a gate from the numerous empty ones on the B concourse.
You may be impressed I am not. All flights are known entities and they imo had plenty of time to “fide a gate” for the plane before it landed knowing that another plane was at the assigned gate.
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They are always aware of connecting passengers. Perhaps they felt that inconveniencing a handful of people was better than holding up a full plane load. If they wait too long they lose their takeoff slot and that really throws things out of whack
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Ya they sold my seat while I was on the tarmac and left is more like it. I have been on planes that waited 10 minuets or more for connecting passengers. NO this was deliberate don’t give a damn business or incompetence.
I will pay more to fly another airline and stay off of ****ty US Air.