"The most obvious example was JBU900 at gate 1. It had a departure time of 16:06. In reality this plane would not have even arrived at the airport yet (based on the schedule the incoming plane would arrive beginning at 14:38)."
I guess it's pretty easy to understand by normal 'human way" of thinking but let's say we would add a rule "load traffic only that will leave in the next 30 minutes after the game starts". This would solve this specific problem with the JetBlue but what about let's say a long range flight at LAX which stays at the gate for 2 hours before it turns around? It would not even show up for the game. There are so many times when a human brain understand one thing easily but when you try to write down the rule on paper it's much more difficult. We spent weeks to make the schedule as it is today, we tried so many things to find the right balance.
In T!2011 there were times when you had to wait long minutes before any traffic showed up. Now the first traffic shows up in the first minute or two. I'm sure for the next version this would be something we want to adjust even further.
Vic