From: utzoo!decvax!cca!csin!cjh
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Title: Re on-ground holding time
Article-I.D.: csin.179
Posted: Thu Aug 12 10:55:40 1982
Received: Sat Aug 14 06:21:28 1982

In response to your message of Wed Aug 11 10:44:13 1982:

   9-10 planes departing at the same time? Try more like 12-15, maybe
even twenty! That's what I saw, admittedly on too little sleep ([night]
flight from LA to Boston, changing in DFW), pulling out of assorted DFW
gates at precisely 7 AM. Similarly, there are at least 3 airlines officially
leaving Boston at 7 AM for DC alone. . . . (7 AM may be \the/ most popular
departure time, especially at airports with night restrictions.)
   Boston may be another place where airplanes are held because of destination
delays (not always weather-caused---they may simply say "we're piled up enough
here that you shouldn't try to ram anything more down the pipe); I can't
swear to it because I've been leaving Boston recently at unfortunate or
hurried hours.