With Mother Nature playing her tricks regardless of the season we are in (snow, ice, sand storms, hurricanes or volcano ashes), the probabilities of arriving on time are not always met despite the flight attendants best efforts to have everyone seated and fastened in order to have an “on time departure”.
Keep in mind that the airline will insist the plane was “on time” if the wheels have actually touched the runway at the “estimated time of arrival”.
Let us assume that you got extremely lucky and your flight has even landed fifteen minutes ahead of schedule. Do not get too carried away or enthusiastic, your greeting service might be nowhere to be seen! The person meeting you in order to help process your entry papers is not around. Why should he be? After all, in his 25 years of diligent service, he has never ever experienced the early arrival of a flight! Consequently he explains very naturally and without any feeling of remorse - when you finally meet up with him - flights arriving ahead of schedule are just unheard of.
