Originally Posted by
skywardhunter
with all due respect, crew don't have the faintest idea. I have a relative who is an A380 captain and I doubt he knows fully either but has indicated it has to do with the aircraft's next destination. So I think it depends more on where it's going to next (and when) rather than where it's coming from.
Also as stated, more 77Ws from Africa
True, the crew may not have any idea as to the WHY but they can certainly talk from experience and their answer suggested it was the norm for it to be a remote stand. They could very easily have said it is because we were on a 777 but they didn't.