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Old Jul 8, 2019 | 4:43 pm
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Originally Posted by exwannabe
Is DL really padded more than others?

I just random checked ATL-DFW, ALT-LAX and LAX-DFW and all 3 came in with DL having shorter planned flight time than AA (by about 5-10 minutes).

Is there any real evidence that DL (as opposed to all airlines) pads the schedule?
It depends on the route. The Southeastern outstations tend to get buffered pretty significantly due to ATL ATC concerns on a normal day. VPS-ATL is something like 47 minutes from wheels up to wheels down on a normal weather day and for a sample day (August 18) Delta has listed flight times of 1:07 (6:00am) 1:14 (7:30 am) 1:17 (9:12 am) 1:20 (12:20 pm) 1:20 (2:32 pm) 1:24 (4:51pm) and 1:17 (6:52pm)
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