Originally Posted by
jeffreyt
There is a strong possibility that the father and daughter's seats no longer existed on the last flight of the night, so the plane could remain 2 hours at the gate, and they still wouldn't get on. They're seats were most likely given to standbys.
A spout of weather issues and lots of stranded pax the last couple of nights
But Standby's both Revenue and especially Non-revenue are cleared for seats very late in the boarding process on Skywest flights. And even later are seats belonging to late connecting passengers, which are surrendered only after the final boarding call.
Was this last nights flight?