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lincolnjkc Aug 6, 2019 3:28 pm
If it's not ontime, delayed, or canceled, what is it? (Least substantive contender)
 
Due to fly home EWR-CLE tomorrow and having wrapped up early was looking at other options than what I have booked.

Math has never been my strongest subject but 45% (on-time) + 50% (late) + 0% (canceled) would seem to equal 95% … so what about that other 5% "abducted by aliens"? "enjoyable enhancements"?
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bdw1120 Aug 6, 2019 3:33 pm
You can easily click on the (i) button to find out why.

On-time: arrival within 15 minutes of schedule
Late: arrival >30 minutes late

narvik Aug 6, 2019 3:39 pm
Originally Posted by bdw1120 (Post 31386960)
On-time: arrival within 15 minutes of schedule
Late: arrival >30 minutes late
So that would make it "almost on-time" or "almost late", depending whether one is a glass half-full or half-empty sort of person. :)

mahasamatman Aug 6, 2019 5:48 pm
Originally Posted by lincolnjkc (Post 31386939)
45% (on-time) + 50% (late) + 0% (canceled) would seem to equal 95% … so what about that other 5%
More than 15 minutes early?

Jimmie Jet Aug 6, 2019 7:56 pm
Early 5%

Boiler84 Aug 6, 2019 8:18 pm
5% decided they didn't want to go to CLE and flew somewhere else.

narvik Aug 6, 2019 9:45 pm
Originally Posted by Boiler84 (Post 31387751)
5% decided they didn't want to go to CLE and flew somewhere else.
5% of the planes flew somewhere else???
:)

MSPeconomist Aug 6, 2019 9:55 pm
I don't think the plane falls from the sky one flight in twenty, so maybe diverted? However, 5% still seems excessive.

Boiler84 Aug 6, 2019 10:33 pm
Originally Posted by narvik (Post 31387929)
5% of the planes flew somewhere else???
:)
If you had a choice of CLE or somewhere else, which would you choose?

Captain: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are heading to CLE . . . Unless, you REALLY would rather go to (fill in the blank with somewhere fun and reasonably close by).”

Has as to be some explanation for that 5%.

TomMM Aug 7, 2019 6:10 am
Originally Posted by Boiler84 (Post 31388029)

If you had a choice of CLE or somewhere else, which would you choose?

Captain: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are heading to CLE . . . Unless, you REALLY would rather go to (fill in the blank with somewhere fun and reasonably close by).”

Has as to be some explanation for that 5%.
Maybe that 5% decided to not go to EWR.

milepig Aug 7, 2019 9:49 am
Hijackings? Or would that be included in Canceled.

Alien abductions?

I'm holding out for "landed at wrong airport" or does that only happen in Cincinnati?

milepig Aug 7, 2019 9:55 am
Here's one where 11% are unaccounted for.

  • UA427 ORD-EWR Aug 2019

    • On time
      66%
    • Late
      23%
    • Canceled
      0%

WineCountryUA Aug 7, 2019 11:46 am
Originally Posted by bdw1120 (Post 31386960)
You can easily click on the (i) button to find out why.

On-time: arrival within 15 minutes of schedule
Late: arrival >30 minutes late
Many seemed to have missed this earlier post
The missing cases are those >15 minutes but not more than 30 minutes late

narvik Aug 7, 2019 11:50 am
Originally Posted by WineCountryUA (Post 31390430)
Many seemed to have missed this earlier post
The missing cases are those >15 minutes but not more than 30 minutes late
I was under the impression the OP was soliciting humorous responses and the original post was more in jest than to garner an accurate explanation.
Could be wrong though....wouldn't be the first time! :)

lincolnjkc Aug 7, 2019 11:51 am
Originally Posted by WineCountryUA (Post 31390430)
Many seemed to have missed this earlier post
The missing cases are those >15 minutes but not more than 30 minutes late
While my post was tongue-in-cheek (as I imagine most of the replies are intended)... Is a flight that arrives A+16 or later by (DOT) definition late? If not why aren't the missing % lumped in with one-time?


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