Major Carriers Causing Delays on Purpose?
Jul 26, 2005, 11:17 pm
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Major Carriers Causing Delays on Purpose?
"... In fact, the evidence shows the major carriers are creating the delays on purpose."
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Jul 27, 2005, 12:59 pm
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Uhh... well, the airlines schedule the flights at time when people actually want to fly. It would really cut down on congestion if airports spread out the flights onto a 24 hour schedule, but not many people want to fly from Dallas to LAX at 3:12AM.
Spreading out the schedules would be less efficient for the airlines, and it would just mean longer layovers for pax. That's not an improvement.
And good point yogi - the on time record is based on the time the flight arrives, not departs. Who cares if the flight departs late so long as you get there when you planned to?
Spreading out the schedules would be less efficient for the airlines, and it would just mean longer layovers for pax. That's not an improvement.
And good point yogi - the on time record is based on the time the flight arrives, not departs. Who cares if the flight departs late so long as you get there when you planned to?
Jul 27, 2005, 3:07 pm
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Not all that long ago when the talk was all about US depeaking PHL and AA depeaking DFW, I seem to recall the papers were scolding the airlines for making transferring passengers wait 2 or 3 hours in a terminal.