AC now ranked "one of the worst performers" for OTP
Jun 15, 2021, 2:44 pm
#211
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Still trailing behind Westjet though LOL!!
Jun 15, 2021, 5:48 pm
#212
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If you can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, stop walking and you’ll be able to chew gum 94.10% of the time.
Jun 15, 2021, 7:58 pm
#213
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They got rid of most of the passengers and the OTP came way up. Think of what their OTP could be if they could get rid of all of those pesky passengers?
Jun 16, 2021, 9:14 am
#214
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Jul 2, 2021, 1:30 pm
#215
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AC702 (YYZ-EWR) delayed three days in a row. We back to normal 'OTP' now, AC? 
Jul 2, 2021, 5:08 pm
#216
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Edit out Westjet, and say - look we are better at OTP running skeleton operations than all those other airlines who are back to flying full schedules... rah rah AC!
Jul 7, 2021, 9:36 pm
#217
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Getting ahead of themselves though I have no doubt it will be delayed
Jul 30, 2021, 4:55 pm
#218
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AC never ceases to disappoint.
Jul 30, 2021, 6:04 pm
#219
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Now that AC is back to some reasonable degree of a regular domestic schedule, I am back to never leaving on time. Waiting to board 247 to YVR and we are already 15 minutes late with no hope of getting out on time. AC will be back to 50-60% OTP very shortly.
AC never ceases to disappoint.
AC never ceases to disappoint.
See, the problem is "time is fluid".
By extension, AC's ON TIME activities can also be observed to be "fluid"
But since you're up there now, on a bird with no wifi, I've done all these fun items for your scrapbook.
FR24 seems to know where you are and what time you left YEG. So yes, your 5:15pm departure was, whatever you'd like to call it.
Looking at FlightAware, it also notes your 5:15pm departure departed, but not at 5:15pm
Looking at EF, you clearly departed at 5:15 but conveniently, you are not landing at whatever time AC said you would.
I note, however, that your flight features "entertainment on demand" so consider my post as your "entertainment on arrival".
EF shows no delays
But I am happy to report that AC Flight Status page kept claiming you departed on time at 5:15pm.
I've been refreshing AC's page and just now, it updated. It seems that you still left on time at 5:15pm which is now on time at 5:28pm. So math.
Now I've also checked my handy AC slide rule and AC abacus because clearly, the math I learned in grade 4 is not the math AC uses.
(And for those of you who read this post and didn't get the humour, get an AC abacus.)
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Jul 30, 2021, 6:59 pm
#220
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@EdmFlyBoi
See, the problem is "time is fluid".
By extension, AC's ON TIME activities can also be observed to be "fluid"
But since you're up there now, on a bird with no wifi, I've done all these fun items for your scrapbook.
FR24 seems to know where you are and what time you left YEG. So yes, your 5:15pm departure was, whatever you'd like to call it.
Looking at FlightAware, it also notes your 5:15pm departure departed, but not at 5:15pm
Looking at EF, you clearly departed at 5:15 but conveniently, you are not landing at whatever time AC said you would.
I note, however, that your flight features "entertainment on demand" so consider my post as your "entertainment on arrival".
EF shows no delays
But I am happy to report that AC Flight Status page kept claiming you departed on time at 5:15pm.
I've been refreshing AC's page and just now, it updated. It seems that you still left on time at 5:15pm which is now on time at 5:28pm. So math.
Now I've also checked my handy AC slide rule and AC abacus because clearly, the math I learned in grade 4 is not the math AC uses.
(And for those of you who read this post and didn't get the humour, get an AC abacus.)
.
See, the problem is "time is fluid".
By extension, AC's ON TIME activities can also be observed to be "fluid"
But since you're up there now, on a bird with no wifi, I've done all these fun items for your scrapbook.
FR24 seems to know where you are and what time you left YEG. So yes, your 5:15pm departure was, whatever you'd like to call it.
Looking at FlightAware, it also notes your 5:15pm departure departed, but not at 5:15pm
Looking at EF, you clearly departed at 5:15 but conveniently, you are not landing at whatever time AC said you would.
I note, however, that your flight features "entertainment on demand" so consider my post as your "entertainment on arrival".
EF shows no delays
But I am happy to report that AC Flight Status page kept claiming you departed on time at 5:15pm.
I've been refreshing AC's page and just now, it updated. It seems that you still left on time at 5:15pm which is now on time at 5:28pm. So math.
Now I've also checked my handy AC slide rule and AC abacus because clearly, the math I learned in grade 4 is not the math AC uses.
(And for those of you who read this post and didn't get the humour, get an AC abacus.)
.
Jul 30, 2021, 9:09 pm
#221
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@EdmFlyBoi
See, the problem is "time is fluid".
By extension, AC's ON TIME activities can also be observed to be "fluid"
Now I've also checked my handy AC slide rule and AC abacus because clearly, the math I learned in grade 4 is not the math AC uses.
(And for those of you who read this post and didn't get the humour, get an AC abacus.)
.
See, the problem is "time is fluid".
By extension, AC's ON TIME activities can also be observed to be "fluid"
Now I've also checked my handy AC slide rule and AC abacus because clearly, the math I learned in grade 4 is not the math AC uses.
(And for those of you who read this post and didn't get the humour, get an AC abacus.)
.
Jul 30, 2021, 11:49 pm
#222
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Jul 31, 2021, 11:04 am
#223
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Here's the problem, as determined by Albert Einstein and explained by Britannica.com:
time dilation, in the theory of special relativity, the “slowing down” of a clock as determined by an observer who is in relative motion with respect to that clock. In special relativity, an observer in inertial (i.e., nonaccelerating) motion has a well-defined means of determining which events occur simultaneously with a given event. A second inertial observer, who is in relative motion with respect to the first, however, will disagree with the first observer regarding which events are simultaneous with that given event. (Neither observer is wrong in this determination; rather, their disagreement merely reflects the fact that simultaneity is an observer-dependent notion in special relativity.) A notion of simultaneity is required in order to make a comparison of the rates of clocks carried by the two observers.
Jul 31, 2021, 1:55 pm
#224
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Must be waiting for connecting passengers from somewhere?
