http://rickseaney.com/2008/03/13/airtran-takes-offminus-passengers/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:45:39 GMT http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://rickseaney.com/2008/03/13/airtran-takes-offminus-passengers/#comment-8352 Matt Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:29:40 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/03/13/airtran-takes-offminus-passengers/#comment-8352 This very nearly happened to me on an Airtran ATL->EWR last Tues evening. The flight was delayed 2.5 hours until 7.30. I went to get food for about 30 min and when I came back to the gate at 6:50 the plane was boarded with boarding door shut. I had to beg to get on the plane. At the time all the departure screens, including the one at the gate, still said departure 7:30. I asked if there had been an announcement and they said they didn't have to as 7:30 was an estimate. This very nearly happened to me on an Airtran ATL->EWR last Tues evening. The flight was delayed 2.5 hours until 7.30. I went to get food for about 30 min and when I came back to the gate at 6:50 the plane was boarded with boarding door shut. I had to beg to get on the plane. At the time all the departure screens, including the one at the gate, still said departure 7:30. I asked if there had been an announcement and they said they didn’t have to as 7:30 was an estimate.

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