"Delayed due to accommodating passengers" ??
 

Check out NW511 on 7/27/05 (LGA-MSP):

http://www.nwa.com/cgi-bin/flifo.pro...ubmit=Get+Info

It was delayed FIVE HOURS, with a message: "Delayed due to accommodating passengers"

What the heck does that mean? I've never heard of that reason before.

That's what I call VIP status! Hold the plane for me please

Must have been waiting on a triple super double-secret Platinum Elite. Was RC on that flight? :)

Well I'm on it tomorrow, and this VIP (yeah, right) says the flight should leave on time! ;)

Then again, tomorrow I'm travelling with a friend who (1) has WC access, and (2) has family in MSP who will treat us like real VIPs if we misconnect...

wow never heard that one before...there must have been 147 very unhappy people on that flight!

Of course you could also interpret "accommodating" as an adjective modifying "passengers" rather than as a transitive verb with "pasengers" as the object.

Compare: "Gee, those sure were some accommodating passengers, tolerating that 5 hour delay!" as opposed to "NW held flight 511 because they were accommodating passengers with very special needs."

must be that "don't you know who I am?!" guy at it again...

Perhaps they just goofed with the code entry.

You mean they mistyped the "mechanics took their sweet time" code? :rolleyes:

LoL :D

I think it means that they held the flight for passengers who were connecting from another delayed flight

...And the other plane was delayed by the mechanics taking their sweet time!

Connecting pax at LGA? :confused:

And it wasn't an incoming aircraft problem, because NW1234 (which I'm pretty sure is the plane that becomes NW511) was only 7 minutes late getting to LGA yesterday.

Yes, but you know with all the delays and cancellations, dispatch can juggle planes.

Well, I picked up 4 people off of 1234 yesterday, and the weather went completely south right after that.

Ah yes. That random quick-but-powerful mid-afternoon thunderstorm. Still not sure what that has to do with "accommodating passengers," but I guess it would probably explain the delay.