I recently tried to board an Airtran flight in BWI. The attendant told me that my name was removed and I would not be allowed to board because it was 10 minutes before the flight and I had to be on the plane (I evidentally missed the 10 minutes by 26 SECONDS . . . .)

Does anyone know if there are official FAA rules or was the AirTran gate agent mad because she worked for a crappy airline and was stuck in a crappy job . . she probably was mad that her welfare and food stamps werent enough to pay for her smoking and pizza habit . . .