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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 9:36 am
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Voyager0927
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Burlington, VT, USA
Programs: UA Premier Silver, B6 TrueBluel
Posts: 195
It always stirs up a bit of confusion among the infrequent travelers when the FA's announce the flight time as the gate-to-gate time, and then when the captain comes on a few minutes later, he announces the flight time as the wheels-up-to-wheels-down time. I love looking at all the joyful faces of people who hear the captain and think it means the plane will arrive significantly earlier than scheduled, while I realize we'll have a potentially lengthy taxi and runway queue on either end.
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