Originally Posted by
Ocn Vw 1K
SFO is my "home" airport, also, and I take many early departures. This used to be a problem in earlier years, before UA reconfigured its Express gates and made more use of Int'l gates; but I have not had this "tow" delay for about 3-4 years at SFO.
I've had it happen 3-4 times this year. 2 or 3 of those the planes subsequently went mechanical. I think they were all 753s.