Originally Posted by
DELee
Perhaps. But it is also telling of UA ground crews (and cleaning crews) who don't seem to have done any overnight pre-planning at airports such as SFO or even LAX. I've been on too many RON planes out of dodge where _nothing_ was done to prepare the A/C from the night before - and smelled and looked awful. If the flight line is going to be challenging to get across, stage and position aircraft appropriately.
They can't stage or position it if ground control won't let them. Prep yes but moving it? No.