Originally Posted by
cre95
What would you do if the first flight is late or upon landing at LAX, the flight needs to wait for a gate since the prior flight is still occupying the gate? What you expect from the airline?
Probably the same with that the airline would do if the above happened with a flight pair that was legal per MCT and caused him to miss his flight, which happens all the time....the thing about MCT is that it is somewhat arbitrary, overly standardized, and when things really get delayed, MCT is not anywhere near close to cover for it anyhow. But it is probably a general 1-standard-deviation aggregate measure that works most of the time.