Originally Posted by
YYCguy
I could see that. Crew gets on plane to do safety, security and catering checks , and discovers something missing with the catering upload, so have to wait for a call back.
I can too, but when the crew gets on late then it is late crew that caused the delay even if a catering issue is noticed. One thing precedes the other. If they get on with enough time for an on time departure and discover a catering issue, then it’s a catering issue that caused the delay.