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Old Jul 16, 2016, 3:31 am
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Is this BA responding to the inevitable Daily Fail headline: "UK set for mini-ice age - 100 days of snow this winter".
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Old Jul 16, 2016, 3:42 am
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Originally Posted by Swanhunter
Correct. Clever isn't it. UK train operating companies use the same approach to convert a KPI breaching late arrival into "on time" by adding 5+ minutes of padding.
And it works perfectly for 1 x daily flights to outstations where there is a 2-5hrs downtime before the scheduled return.
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