Mike Hudack is a tumblelog.

Not to be a dick about it… but pilots always taxi with only one engine these days to save fuel.  Your other points are perfectly valid… just not this one.  

pile:

Dear US Airways Customer Service,

I recently flew flights #4805 and #4897 between Nantucket (ACK) and NY La Guardia (LGA). I have flown your airline many times and have also flown to and from ACK consistently several times a year for the past 25 years. Nantucket airport is small, prone to delays by fog and traffic, and I myself have been stranded multiple times. So it is with some authority that I say that yours was the worst flying experience of my life. Here are some pointers for providing better service:

• Pilots who don’t treat their passengers like morons. When a pilot stops just short of the runway and tells his passengers the destination airport is closed and we’ll have to wait on the runway for an hour without a way to relieve ourselves, tell him to taxi with both engines on. When you taxi with only one engine all the way up to the flight line, it looks suspiciously like you left the gate for some alternative reason, like faking an on-time departure knowing full well you would never take off on-time. It is obvious when more than one engine is on in a prop plane, because they have propellers.