[单项选择]Everyone knows that arriving late is the scourge of air travel. But many passengers have started to complain about something they find almost as irritating: arriving early. Or landing early, to be more precise.
If a flight is not held up by air traffic congestion, weather or some mechanical difficulty, it may well touch down at its destination hetbre it is scheduled to arrive. But showing up early often means waiting for gate space at the terminal, which is becoming increasingly scarce. As the minutes tick by, expectant passengers are left to gape through the portholes at the Promised Land, just beyond reach.
"Once you arrive, the last thing you want is another delay," said Michael Gaiss, who estimates that he has flown more than 100,000 miles this year. "I would say it happens 20% to 25% of the time. " The deficiencies of government data gathering make it hard to be precise.
But top airline executives acknowledge they are aware of passengers’ annoyance over early arri
A. congestion at the airports
B. the decreased speed of planes
C. competition for gate spaces
D. a change in the schedule