Peter R. wrote:
On 1/24/2007 6:13:49 PM, "Mike Schumann" wrote:

15 minutes???? I think is would be reasonable to give the parents a couple
of minutes to get their act together, but anything beyond 5 minutes is
really an imposition on the other passengers.

Who is stating that 15 minutes is reasonable? Not I.

ok, some misunderstandings. You have to be onboard and seated 10
minutes before the scheduled departure time. Most likely they had
closer to 25 minutes. Second, since the delay was not weather related,
the airline would have been responsible for putting passengers up in
hotels due to missed connections (and then rebooking them and
potentially having to give involuntary denied boardings to other pax).
I dont' know if this plane was turning around or not, but not only for
these 100 or so pax but all the pax on the future flights as well. What
about having to potentially keep ground staff longer? What about the 35
minute minimum legal transfer times. The 15 minutes quickly makes all
those other pax have to run across the terminals. Further it makes it
more likely that the pax luggage won't make the connecting flight.

Gerald Sylvester
PPL-ASEL-IA and UA 1K