Originally Posted by
PHLviaUS
How many TA segments does US fly every day? Twenty maybe? Is 13 fouled up flights out of 100 or more bad, or not so bad? Were all the other flights great? This list is only meaningful in the context of the percentage of flights it represents.
At first glance, this listing strikes me as bashing for the sake of bashing with no attempt to place the information into context, regardless of whether that context is good or bad. I have no problem calling out US when they deserve it, but I would prefer to see this data tell me something more than just a couple of negative statistics in a population of unknown size.
The context is: Look at the unreliability of this airline when it comes to International Operations....it's horrible and with the amount of questions we see on this board regarding: "Should I take US out of PHL across the pond or go for UA $50 more?" The future posters can revert to this thread and say hey: this sucks, not gonna do it and off to UA.
Nothing about this post is bashing, my friend. You may not remember Doug Parkers reply to Mr. Brancatelli's scathing article, so let me refresh :
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...rancatelli+joe
Sounds like to me Mr. Parker is "bashing" his own airline for a poor 2007 performance. He and his people have done NOTHING about it. Trust me, by the end of the summer, this list will be longggggggggggggggggg and it wont be just for 30 minute delays, it will be for delays that will grow into many hours. When one plane falls out of the system, a wave of cancellations follow because they have NO back-up plan.
You may not agree with my standpoint and that is fine. But to call it bashing is not correct (from my view). This is merely as heads up and to "look before you book" with USAirways.