Originally Posted by NYRunner2

I was on this flight and while standing by the lav I chatted with one of the pilots about the delay as I had seen the early QF flight rolling down the runway while we were at the gate and thought the curfew excuse seemed off. He said that even though we were leaving more than an hour late we would land basically on time because of the flight path and the wind. He was right, I think we were 9 minutes late and that was after an additional MX delay for a cargo door. Without that we probably would have been early. It's annoying to sit around the airport for an extra hour that late at night but if we arrive on time it's hard to complain.