Anyone hope UA is #2 in on-time next year?
Mar 26, 2010, 11:48 am
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Mar 26, 2010, 11:48 am
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I'm also sick of the #1 on-time performance ads...but at the same time they do deserve some credit. IIRC, year-over-year on-time performance increased by something like 10%. I agree that schedule padding may have been the primary driver, but as long as I arrive close to the time stated, at least I can plan my schedule appropriately. I applaud UA for this!
Mar 26, 2010, 11:53 am
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Another factor in their increase in on-time performance is that there are less travelers, fewer bags to load, and fewer planes in the air. I would expect that most airlines saw an increase in their on-time performance.
Mar 26, 2010, 12:03 pm
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Considering this stat does not even include international flights, and considering WN flies more passengers than UA, and has more planes than UA, makes more money (or should I say actually makes money), it would be interesting to see if WN would reply as they have in the past to "Legacy" airlines that exclude them in stat. WN is almost a forty year old airline. It has survived longer than many "Legacies" out there. It has outlived Braniff, Texas International, Western, All the Airlines that make up US today, TWA, Northwest. At what point do people realize its a major?
http://www.southwest.com/images/ad_gallery/p_ad15.jpg
http://www.southwest.com/images/ad_gallery/p_ad15.jpg
Mar 26, 2010, 12:59 pm
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There are also fewer ramp workers, CSRs, and GAs - what's your point? The remaining planes are just as full (if not fuller) than before.
Mar 26, 2010, 1:57 pm
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Personally I don't have difficulty with the ad. It sure isn't something to get 'sick" over. Business is business, you advertise your good points. I don't think Toyota is going to advertise their brake issues.
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Mar 26, 2010, 2:29 pm
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Mar 26, 2010, 2:35 pm
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It isn't as annoying as the Chicago Olympics bid announcements at ORD.
It isn't as annoying as the Chicago Olympics bid announcements at ORD.
Mar 26, 2010, 2:47 pm
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Is it gloating or just advertising that you have the best record of on time performance. Next quarter it very well maybe someone else.
Mar 26, 2010, 3:04 pm
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I mean really, who cares that United is happy they are #1 on something, let them have their glory. I don't care and I work here.
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Mar 26, 2010, 3:36 pm
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Boy have you got that right! Who in their right mind hopes their airline travel gets less punctual? What's next who's upset because the flight was smooth and I didn't get to experience any turbulence. Just crazy!
Mar 26, 2010, 3:44 pm
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Care to prove that? Blocking what it actually takes to fly A to B is not schedule padding.
Well, what do you want them to do? Current flights are running ~6 hours. With it becoming spring and the jetstream shifting back north, flights are going to take longer. Add in the runway closure and 6:56 is probably pretty accurate.
Mar 26, 2010, 3:56 pm
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Mar 26, 2010, 3:57 pm
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Please go directly back to critical thinking class. Do not pass go.
Q: Is UA slipping in on-time performance the only way for them to become #2?
A: No. Another airline can step up and get better. It doesn't mean UA has to get worse. Nor am I hoping they do so.