Originally Posted by
Beachchaser
from what I have been told it's a numbers game, if 2 passengers are going to disconnect they probably aren't holding the flight, if 29 people are going to disconnect, they will hold you as long as possible if it's the last flight of the day.
The only time this has happened to me there was something like 30-40 passengers connecting and the plane was parked at the next gate when the inbound arrived then ended up pushing out just as ours started to unload.
I get all the decision making and logistics going on behind the scenes but it's still super frustrating when it happens to you.