Originally Posted by
igloocoder
The only thing that stood out to me in the whole process was the revised departure time on the display. Overly optimistic is probably the best way to describe it. For example, it said 8:40 when, at 8:10, the inbound replacement plane was still deplaning. It was obvious to me that there was no way we were making that time.
Overly optimistic scheduled times when delays are obvious seem to be a normal feature of air travel, and I agree that it creates unnecessary hopes. Check the inbound arrival time for any delayed flight and you will see an impossible turnaround for the aircraft.
Just as you could immediately tell that your rescheduled flight was never going to leave as shown, it surely can't be too difficult for the people actually running the airline to figure it out!
(Having said that, I did recently have the unusual experience of a posted delay being reduced, but that was SFO weather unexpectedly improving, a situation I am willing to acknowledge AC had no control over!)