Originally Posted by
RogerD408
I don't know if it still applies, but used to be airlines had to report delays of more than 15 minutes. A trick AA would do is move the flight 10 minutes at a time and avoid having to report.
Airlines are still required to report delays of more than 15 minutes and to display on-time percentage.
I vaguely recall reading something that now only the arrival time is used to determine if the flight is on time (so a flight that leaves 30 minutes late and makes up time en route is still considered on time), but I don't really trust this vague recollection.
Originally Posted by
RogerD408
The problem with using the inbound flight as a guide, AA could choose to substitute a different plane and take off before the originally scheduled aircraft lands. This is especially funny when it's a continuing leg of the same flight! Ooops! You've missed your connection.
Bottom line, anything could happen, so be there according to original schedule and hope they get something going.
^ Was flying ORD-DFW-MIA last year, my ORD-DFW flight diverted to Tulsa due to weather at DFW. I was worried that I was going to miss my connection until I saw that the plane was coming late from LAS and would be delayed by at least an hour.
I relaxed, enjoyed a Jack and Coke and then I checked the flight status once we were on our way to DFW again. My connection ended up leaving 5 minutes early... equipment swap.
Originally Posted by
SpammersAreScum
I've commented to the GA at various airports on a few occasions when the airport's Departures monitors showed clearly-outdated information about my flight: delays (as announced by GA) or gate changes. In each case, the GA has shrugged and noted that the airport controls those monitors, this happens more often than they'd like, and there's nothing they can do about it.
^ At most hubs, AA controls their own information displays, but at outstations (and, interestingly, MIA) it's done by the airport. AA will send updated flight status information to the airport but beyond that they have no control over what's on the screen.