Originally Posted by
exerda
I'd have liked to have seen the GA offload a standby in the OP's situation. Standby seats aren't confirmed until the door shuts...
I would think that this presents other issues. Suppose it takes about 5-10 minutes to offload the pax, any luggage and reload the original pax. During that time, another offloaded pax comes running up and wishes to board. I can foresee (in certain circumstances) that the plane gets delayed an hour or more (esp at a hub). The plane would never leave (and not only that, would cause issues with other connecting pax on that plane).
Could be a domino effect through the system.