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They were using door 2 to board, and I was in 2J nursing my 9am sparkling wine 🥂 so I’m not sure of the details. This only contributed 20-30 min of the 90 min delay. But I will say that, after the extra pax issues, when weight and balance discrepancies aren’t checked until we are in queue for take off, that’s showing me a bit of a mess at ATL. My pilot friend said 3 pax wouldn’t make much difference on a full A330 that can fly 10 hours, departing on a 3 hours flight. But maybe YMMV.