Originally Posted by
rumbataz
Currently the delay is measured as an absolute value, but I think that a better way of assessing the impact of a delay is as a proportion of the flight time. If you're on a 10-hour flight and you land an hour later then that, psychologically, is less frustrating in my opinion.
Respectfully disagreed. In your example, 33% of a 50 minute flight results in a simply inconsequential (in the vast majority of scenarios) 15 minutes delay. Whereas an hour delay on a 10 hour flight (10%) could very possibly result in a missed connection, or arriving past the last bus or train out of the airport home.