>"disrupting the gate schedule and inconveniencing perhaps thousands of other passengers to allow one person to disembark? Sounds unreasonable to me." I'm sorr

>"disrupting the gate schedule and inconveniencing perhaps thousands of other passengers to allow one person to disembark? Sounds unreasonable to me." I'm sorry where did you get the idea that this has anything to do with allowing "one person to disembark." The Tarmac Delay Rule referenced in the article and referenced in the OPs comment prevents airline's from keeping passengers on the tarmac for greater than 3 hours[1]. It seems pretty reasonable to let people back into the airport after 3 hours of sitting in a cramped seat on the tarmac. [1] https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/new-dot-consumer-rule-limits-airline-tarmac-delays-provides-other-passenger https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/new-dot-consume...