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Old Dec 8, 2023 | 7:12 pm
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Originally Posted by richarddd
Is flightaware the best way to track incoming equipment, etc?
FlightAware or FlightRadar24 are both good at this. Neither of them can tell you whether your flight in 2 days will be on time lol.
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Old Dec 13, 2023 | 5:05 am
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FWIW, we took off basically on time and landed about 30 minutes early.

Very nice seat, service and food. AF lounge was nice.
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Old Dec 13, 2023 | 12:12 pm
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Originally Posted by RobertS975
I have had flightaware.com show flights delayed at the gate AFTER the door was closed show the flight as "taxiing for takeoff " when we were sitting at the gate with the jetway attached and the door reopened.
I think it depends on how long the delay is. I flew ATL-SEA this week and we had to de-ice and there was a log jam for it. We took off late but landed early. DL pads their schedules a lot, that's how they end up getting the best on time performance trophy every year.
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Old Dec 14, 2023 | 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by Weekend Away
I think it depends on how long the delay is. I flew ATL-SEA this week and we had to de-ice and there was a log jam for it. We took off late but landed early. DL pads their schedules a lot, that's how they end up getting the best on time performance trophy every year.
Its extremely expensive to pad the schedules since the company has to pay pilots and flight attendants based on the published schedule. If you pad your flights 10% more than competitors your employee costs will be much higher. The internal statistic Delta focuses on is pushback time. They dont pad their schedules more or less than most other airlines.
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