Originally Posted by
ijgordon
Don't forget time to get off the plan. "Landing" at 10:15pm means at the gate probably not until 10:30pm at the earliest, then 5-10 minutes to deplane depending on where you're sitting. I think if the plane officially "arrives" at 10:30pm then there's a good chance AA will offload you and accommodate standby/non-rev pax, and it doesn't matter how quickly you get to the departure gate.
Even granting deplane at 1030pm, in what universe will AA offload the passenger when the connection has a 11pm scheduled departure time? Boarding usually ends 15 minutes prior.