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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 12:56 pm
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Question

Originally Posted by sbm12
Airtime should be 1:20-1:45. The rest of the time is just padding in the schedule to allow them to claim that the flights are on time, even when they are running late.

If the government starts fining airlines for delayed flights, are airlines going to start routinely adding a couple of hours to each flight's shedule to ensure the flight is never late?

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/1...delays.faa.ap/
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