Originally Posted by
tusphotog
The one that always gets me is landing at 1245a in Phoenix and having a gate occupied. This is a recent occurrence when there are three overnight planes. Not sure what the ramp crew was doing the night I waited 30 minutes after landing late.
Did you check to see when the other flights had arrived? Perhaps the ground crew was trying to get the luggage from the prior flight to the claim (because of the 20 minute guarantee). Frankly, I haven't been overly impressed with PHX's operation whem multiple flights are leaving/arriving. The ground crew seems unable to handle the situation properly, if there are any delays or early/late arriving flights. It seems like they are staffed to handle exactly one flight at a time.