[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by Normal

Brilliant response.

The following inferences are now apparent:

An hour late is only determined after the departure had actually happened. The captain would never know exactly how late they would be whether it was 10 minutes or 10 years.

Also, if the ship had waited, they would be an hour late to their next “scheduled” port.

Inconvenience thousands and drive up costs, or charge the late arrivals their own penance for poor time management or unforeseen circumstance?

Why should thousands be late for a few? What about scheduled appointments, flights , departures for those working on being punctual?

The point being that they were not just a few minutes late. Late is determined by the scheduled departure time. It was not even close. If the captain delays departure, how long should he wait? Any grace time allowed will only be abused.