Originally Posted by
UA-NYC
We ended up pulling out from the gate at T-18 (with the door shut a few minutes before that...all pax were on board, so I guess we were clear to shut the door.
Originally Posted by
edcho
If everyone is there early, why not?
Originally Posted by
kenn0223
Winter 2011/12 on a BOS - ORD flight ahead of a winter storm. GA and RCC agents announced that captain wanted to leave 20 min early and they would begin boarding immediately. We boarded very quickly with both the Capt and FO on the jetbridge and in the cabin helping things along. We pushed 30 min prior to departure and, based on the loads, my guess is we left some folks behind. It looks like BOS effectively shut down shortly after our departure.
I've been left behind (not in the Kirk Cameron sense) from a flight that departed more than 20 mins. early.
It was ~8 years ago and on a US turbo-prop out of a tiny upstate NY airport (ITH). There was weather on the way and the pilot wanted to get ahead of it for fear of being delayed. I knew the airport extremely well and timed it to arrive and clear security at about T-20 only to find my plane gone. The GA said they were paging me before departure (so, perhaps I was the only one left behind). I ended up on a flight ~3 hours later (still making my meeting) and got a free domestic r/t cert from US out of it. ^