On my last three trips arriving into IND past 7p from DCA (Pinnacle) and DTW/MSP (mainline), the aircraft has been forced to hold short of the gate for at least 15 minutes on each occasion. For those of you who have flown into IND, you’re familiar with the unfathomably long taxi from the runways to the gate, and this delay makes matters worse. On Sunday night, two CRJs, a 757 and a DC9 were holding short of their respective gates, each waiting for a crew to usher the plane in.

It is for this reason I try not to check luggage because, as you can imagine, the time it then takes to receive bags adds another 30 minutes. From touchdown to leaving the airport with bags it has taken an average of 65 minutes on NW over three trips, about 35 minutes longer than recent travels I've made with UA and US.

Has anyone else experienced this, and aside from TTU, is there a station manager or someone who can (should) be alerted to this?