Originally Posted by
canopus27
but for compensation purposes, does cause of that delay have a bearing on things?
It does, but it shouldn't. The regs should be
any delay. The actuaries can figure out the rate of never (statistically speaking) happenings of 9/11 type delays and work backwards.
And then the carriers can work out the cost/benefit of preemptive maintenance and super tight block times.
Anything less than
any delay employs lawyers, not provides service to customers.
But that isn't what we have