Originally Posted by
TallTexan
Here is the methodology. Quibble with it if you wish (I’m sure we all could) but it appears to be from public data anyone could recreate the results from easily? If so, it’s just math rather than “shoddy work” on the WSJ’s part IMHO.
Yep. The numbers don't lie. The weighting can be debated as can drawing larger conclusions based on the stats, but based on these specific statistics it was not a good year for UA.
It actually corresponds with my subjective rankings (based mostly on other factors), where I place UA fourth out of the four domestic carriers I regularly fly in terms of preference.