They way clubby phrased his post indicated that he was talking about every flight he makes. I even said "If I understand ..." and got no clarification that he was only talking about one flight number on one route. That's why I questioned the his "every time". We both know that there are certain flights where one has to work to be late landing unless unusual delays are encountered - CLT-TPA landing south and CLT-JAX come immediately to mind because of the way the flight plan was filed. So when I understood him to mean every flight he flew every time he flew and didn't get clarification otherwise, I assumed (and still do) that that's exactly what he was claiming and hence my "overstatement" comment.
Seems like at the last crew news (PHX maybe?) someone asked about this exact thing happening regularly on one of the PHX morning pushes and there was some discussion about why it was happening and what the company was doing to alleviate the situation. But my question would naturally be - "If this was happening months ago, does it explain the apparent increase in taxi times starting on May 1?" That's what Lee's data shows, unrebutted by USAPA. So airplanes which had had few problems, CLT construction was non-existent for over a year, rampers that had been on their toes, etc - all that changed overnight between April 30 and May 1?
Jim