I'm not able to see a consistent pattern that I'm able to plan around. I agree, it would make sense to pad your flight times to help your on time numbers. Where this fails is when all your flights seem to depart late and no matter when you land, you aren't able to dock because there isn't an available gate. It just angers me more when we land 45 minutes early and then spend 2 hours on the tarmac waiting for a gate.

Again, it comes back to not having confidence in AA's schedule and ability to get me where I need to be in a timely matter.