I love it when the pilot brags about landing 20 minutes early....

[trumad]

Then we wait on the tarmac for 20 to wait for the gate to open up.

Happens all the time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That's unfortunate, my dear trumad...

I hope it won't happen to you today...

[petronius]

2. It's not the pilot's fault - when we saw your earlier post about flying to SF we all

ran down to the airport and barricaded the jetways (who knew airport security had tasers? )

Welcome to California! Spend lots of money!

[trumad]

4. Thanks---I'm a block from Stanford...

ready to spend plenty on dinner.

[madinmaryland]

3. El Supremo was your pilot??

[pitohui]

5. i knew what you were going to say before you opened the thread

doesn't pay to land early, the airport always act surprised like it never happened before and they can't figure out where is a gate

[HeiressofBickworth]

6. I was on a flight like that

Quite some time ago now, I flew to Sydney Australia. The plane landed, taxied up to the gate and we sat there. Someone finally made the announcement that there wasn't anyone there to open the doors. So we waited some more. Finally, a couple of people opened up, and started walking down the aisles spraying insecticide all over us before we were allowed to get off the plane. Now wasn't that special?

[pink-o]

7. Hey! SFO is my office...been working there 4 23 years.

And allz I can tell you is that you're lucky it was sunny today. When there's rain or fog the delays can be up to 2 hours

So 20 mins for a gatehold? We call that an early arrival.

[trumad]

8. raining

Today......

[KamaAina]

9. You're lucky you weren't two hours late

SFO turns into the aviation equivalent of a parking lot at the first hint of clouds or drizzle.

[whistler162]

10. Better than him bragging about it being his

first successful landing!

Took a earlier flight to Boston once, landed at or near the same time as the flight I was scheduled for. Due to delays at Logan.

[TheMightyFavog]

11. Happened to me on my first leg on my trip to Seattle last summer.

Flew out of Green Bay and we got to MSP 20 minutes early, only to sit on the tarmac for 15 minutes... It was a three hour layover, too. I had a decent burger at an Irish themed bar and grill along with a black and tan tat cost more than my sandwich...