Originally Posted by
Lloydbraun1976
AC has had delay issue for many years, so if changing block times would make a difference then AC would have already implemented this strategy.
You're assuming that AC cares about OTP in and of itself, that somehow achieving 70%, 80%, or some other number would be better for the airline's bottom line. Their practices, and Rousseau's interview, tell us that's not what AC thinks.
Originally Posted by
Lloydbraun1976
AC passenger = 37 mil 2022
FR passenger = 169 mil 2022
Number of passengers is not a good measure of airline size, especially when comparing a point-to-point short-haul LCC to a network carrier. Revenue passengers miles ("RPM", or use kilometres if you prefer) is a more appropriate measure.
The only measure I can agree with you on is longer block times, which presumably means greater time between arrival and departure that should permit greater forewarning of problems if flights going to arrive late.
FR has 50% fewer internal employees yet has larger fleet and on-board crews, which must reflect far greater groundside outsourcing they must obviously do to deliver EU leading OTP.
Nothing in your anecdotes says that outsourcing leads to greater OTP. You can't just assume that because their OTP is better than AC's or other EU carriers, outsourcing is responsible.
And EU airspace far more congested than the empty skies over Canada, so what other excuse might AC come up with for such poor peformance other than shareholders don't know to demand better?
Shareholders don't care about OTP. Shareholders care about profitability. If OTP doesn't impact profitability, shareholders don't care.