Originally Posted by
Cargojon
Whatever you'd like to call it, it's still irrelevant as it relates to the OP's decision making process of choosing an airline that works for him or her.
OP has clearly traveled enough UA to form their own empirical observations of what he/she should expect to experience. So my experiences and your experiences are merely white noise in that context.
That being said, I suppose it's not worth arguing since you're entitled to write whatever you'd like in an internet forum within the TOS. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend.
ETA: The attached report flies in the face of what you've stated as "fact" anyway. On time performance for November 2014 as well as trends in the months leading up to November show UA and clearly outperforming AA and outperfoming carriers like JetBlue and Virgin America. AA is on the way down, UA is clearly on the way up....which is exactly what the OP reported.
https://www.transportation.gov/sites...anuaryATCR.pdf
Since you added data later: It's November 2015 not 2014. And it's ONE month. Why criticize me for anecdotal data, and then provide a snap-shot of one month's performance to make your argument. "Clearly outperforming" AA, um "clearly" would be greater that 0.2 points. Where exactly was UA at this time in their merger process?