Peter R. wrote:
On 1/24/2007 3:32:58 PM, "Jim Macklin" wrote:

They had a few minutes, airline departures are scheduled,
that delay for a screaming rug-rat brat, was costing more
money than you probably earn in a week, maybe even a month.

LOL. Pay attention kiddies: *This* is an example of how to use
exaggeration to underscore a point.

I don't know that it was that much of an exaggeration. First the total time
that the aircraft would have been delayed had they waited for the parents to
get the kid in the seat is an unknown.

But how many people missed connecting flights and how many more would have
had they waited longer.

The question is how long do you think they should have waited? 30 minutes,
an hour?