BS. It wasn't winter in October when this happened twice, and regardless... when it happens over and over, shouldn't someone figure out they they should adjust scheduling and not offer itineraries with a 40 minute connection when it is predictable that there will be a 40+ minute delay while the departing flight sits on the tarmac in GEG, based on recent, repeated, experience ? A little harsh? Tell yourself than when you are trapped on a plane knowing you are missing the only connecting flight to your destination for the day and will have to fly back, wasting a day.