Restless crews on restless Boeings ... :D :D

April 15? Do you mean Oct 15? We have been repeatedly reassured here that AC015 is not extremely unreliable.

How did AC perform from May 1 to September 30, 2006 on a "rolling" 2 months basis? Based on information posted at www.flightstats.com

The on time performance for May 1 to June 30, 2006 for AC015 is 77%. For June 15 to August 15, it’s 69%. The latest on time performance is rated at 73% for the period from August 1 to September 30, 2006.

Very roughly, for five consecutive months from May to September 2006, the “rolling” on time performance of this flight was that about 1 in every 4 flights, it was late.

This is presumably not extemely unreliable by AC standard.

I know what my boss will tell me if I show up for work more than 15 minutes late on the average once a week.

The criteria is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. I fly the flight often and am always amased that you can fly a flight of 15:30 plus hours halfway around the world and arrive at least 70% of the time within 15 minutes.

Amazed that it's not more late? I'd say amazed that it's not more on time; can't crew's make up for lost time in flight? Delays happen on the ground, not in the air, but I guess delays happen on the ground as the result of being in the air for 15:30, too :)

In the UA F cabin, seats, walls, and lavs are any indication.........UA seems to excel at tape jobs.

Generally it is difficult to make up time in the air. The flight planning and fuel boarded is based on flying a fixed mach number. Increasing your speed dramatically increases the fuel flow. Flight planning is based on forcast winds and temperatures. Sufficient reserves are boarded for unforseen variations but are reserved for the variations and not to make up time. Again I am amased how well the airline operation works . I can count many more times that I have set out on a car trip across Toronto to easily end up at least 15 minutes later than planned.

That's because they don't have to get out to push all the time. :)

MCM.

So I guess you've never encountered:
- Unusually strong headwinds (if you've ever flown to HKG, you would know that the headwinds from Japan to Honk Kong can be over 200 mph).
- ATC holding pattern delays at congested airports where you spend 1/2 hour or more circling waiting for your slot to open up.
- Sandstorms (or fog) that delay/prevent landing.

With UA Duct Tape is not part of emergency equipment.
I fly UA premium cabin regularly.

Yes,I know you have posted on UA Forum & AC you flew paid F-Class on UA & had a broken seat.
As others have pointed out, why not fly NH in Biz NRT-SFO.
You have at every opportunity noted UA has an inferior product.
Why would you pay full F for inferior product.
Maybe that is why "WhyFly" keeps asking you did you buy a full F-fare paid ticket on UA?
It could not be you would have been charged F-Class fare if you flew IntraAsia in F & Biz transpascific.
If you fly First & Biz Class frequently,you know the fares are prorated.
I have done it several times. IntraAsia on SQ in F & NRT-YVR in Biz. The fare is prorated.
So that could not be the reason.

As for AC, it is the posters who post about the Duct Tape on AC flights.

Thats an AC computer problem the computer is unaware AC has seats on planes...

go to Seatguru.com :D

IF the plane needed extra crew rest??? was the flight delayed on the inbound flight?
Or did the crew need more rest because it was a party night :D

Why do you have to bring up UA on the AC forum all the time... :D ;)

Where is the Moderator. :D

The crew was probably tired from come around with water more than once during 15 hour flight. :D
As many have noted on this forum AC crew likes to retire to the galley after meal service only to emerge 2 hours before landing on long haul flights.

Let him. He paid 11K to fly on UA. :D

As opposed to the UA crews that stay up there the whole time.

Moderators "moderate". Look it up.

Big difference between posting about experiences on particular airlines here and there and comparing to AC, as opposed to posting the exact same information about an airline that this forum is not dedicated to, over and over and over again.

Simon