Originally Posted by
chinatraderjmr
These numbers are meaningless!!! When the DOT allows weather related delays, certain mechanicals, etc to be counted then I might glance at them. Keep in mind if flight X that departs @ 6AM is late 25 out of 30 days departing SFO due to FOG. But the 5 days there is no early fog the flight leaves right on time, then that flight is considered on time 100% of the time.. How ridiculous........
You've said this several times, but it's not true. The DOT stats that are being reported right now are on-time stats ... if you read the report, you will see that weather-related, ATC, and other delays that might be considered outside of UA's control still decrease UA's on-time percentage.
Whether or not these stats are meaningful regardless of this is still open for debate, but these do include all delays longer than 15 minutes regardless of the cause. If you were to remove delays that the DOT considers to be outside the airlines' control (weather, etc.), UA's on-time percentage would shoot up to close to 90% (as would everyone else's).