Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Some friends were flying to Mexico today connecting in YYC. First flight of the day was late for whatever reason, left an hour late and arrived just about an hour late cutting layover from 1:06 to 8 minutes. 18 pax from the incoming flight missed the connection (incoming flight was in the As, connecting in the Ds). You'd think WS would wait for that number of connecting pax already on the ground rather than put them up overnight?
Eight minutes to connect is not possible, given that the outbound flight would close somewhere around 15 minutes prior to departure. Beyond that, yes, it may very well cost less to put those people up overnight than to run that aircraft delayed for the rest of the day.