Originally Posted by
rwoman
Um, I've left my sister's house (75 miles from LAX) 5 hours before a flight before...only to have it take 3 1/2 hours to drive to the airport due to SoCal traffic...and that was at an "off peak" time. I'd be cautious to judge whether or not the pilot gave it adequate time to get to work.
Playing devil's advocate, if you as a passenger planned enough time to get to your flight, why can't the co-pilot? Obviously the co-pilot did not give it adequate time to get to work. If he gave adequate time, he wouldn't have been late
If he wants to live in the LA area, he may need to routinely allow 5 hours to drive 75 miles.