Just got back from a round trip flight, PHL to ORF, and encountered a little legerdermain by US to try to "improve" their on-time statistics. Was booked on a US flight leaving PHL at 9:15 for Norfolk. Got to the airport to find it listed on the board as "10:10 ON TIME". Couldn't believe this, so I asked the ticket agent about it when I checked in. He said that they knew they were going to have an equipment problem on this flight, so had "rescheduled it" at about 7 AM. Of course, since everyone who was going to be on the flight was already awake and probably headed to the airport, that didn't do anything for the pax. However, would have enabled them to claim that the flight had left on time (although really an hour late). However, the best laid plans of mice and men .... As it turns out the weather on Tuesday did not cooperate, and we did not take off until 11:00 am anyway.

Wondering if others have experienced similar attempts to goose the on time statistics, on US or other airlines.

Djlawman