Anyone hope UA is #2 in on-time next year?
Mar 26, 2010, 5:56 pm
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Over the past 12 months Alaska is #1 in on-time performance (84.1), Southwest is #2 (82.7). Pinnacle is #3 (82.1), Skywest is #4 (81.9) and United is #5 (81.3). I'm excluding Hawaiian since they are always tops.
But in short, UA can't really claim they are #1 unless they want to exclude WN, which carries more domestic pax than any other airline. And I think AS could arguably be considered a legacy carrier.
http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/repor...0MarchATCR.pdf
But in short, UA can't really claim they are #1 unless they want to exclude WN, which carries more domestic pax than any other airline. And I think AS could arguably be considered a legacy carrier.
http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/repor...0MarchATCR.pdf
Last edited by EIPremier; Mar 26, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Mar 26, 2010, 7:14 pm
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Nope. Just reread your first post, still don't see it as sarcastic humor. That's what the emoticons are for if you meant it that way. A 
would have worked, or a 
as well in your post.
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would have worked, or a as well in your post. AD
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Mar 26, 2010, 7:36 pm
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Mar 26, 2010, 8:10 pm
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) I don't see why people would complain or even worse hope that their future flights aren't on time. Every company that gets industry awards markets to it. Do you hope your car manufacture doesn't get 5* crash ratings so you don't have to see that in commercials? No of course not, they'd be wrong not to advertise the fact. Now is this partially from schedule padding? Yes, but all airlines pad schedules so.....
And if you make plans according to flight schedules then padded or not if your on time it helps in making connections, or meetings or whatever you were planning on doing at point B.
Mar 26, 2010, 8:17 pm
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I agree (hey that might be a first) I don't see why people would complain or even worse hope that their future flights aren't on time. Every company that gets industry awards markets to it. Do you hope your car manufacture doesn't get 5* crash ratings so you don't have to see that in commercials? No of course not, they'd be wrong not to advertise the fact. Now is this partially from schedule padding? Yes, but all airlines pad schedules so..... And if you make plans according to flight schedules then padded or not if your on time it helps in making connections, or meetings or whatever you were planning on doing at point B.
) I don't see why people would complain or even worse hope that their future flights aren't on time. Every company that gets industry awards markets to it. Do you hope your car manufacture doesn't get 5* crash ratings so you don't have to see that in commercials? No of course not, they'd be wrong not to advertise the fact. Now is this partially from schedule padding? Yes, but all airlines pad schedules so..... And if you make plans according to flight schedules then padded or not if your on time it helps in making connections, or meetings or whatever you were planning on doing at point B.
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Mar 26, 2010, 8:28 pm
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What else can I do, tell the boss I'll be a day late and I get an extra day in LA hotel provided
Some people might like delays when it's in their best interest.
Mar 27, 2010, 12:00 am
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It's something to rally the troops
I think it's a good thing UA is getting behind the #1 on-time performance bit. It's a rallying point for their employees, something tangible they can get behind and work to keep. That sort of thing has value that goes past the winning metric itself; it may sound corny, but it gets people thinking they can win at other things as well.
Mar 27, 2010, 12:21 am
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I misconnected last week due to a flight that left well before it's scheduled departure time, and was stuck in Denver for four or five hours. But man, was that plane on time! Small consolation if you're not on it... I wondered at the time if the whole "#1 on time" obsession was driving the decision to leave me and at least one other guy behind.
Mar 27, 2010, 9:29 am
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I misconnected last week due to a flight that left well before it's scheduled departure time, and was stuck in Denver for four or five hours. But man, was that plane on time! Small consolation if you're not on it... I wondered at the time if the whole "#1 on time" obsession was driving the decision to leave me and at least one other guy behind.
Mar 27, 2010, 10:06 am
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I loved the announcment right after landing that we had arrived early (about 5 minutes), then after a 15 minute taxi to the gate we weren't early anymore. I said jokingly to the purser when we got off "so much for being early"...
Mar 27, 2010, 10:10 am
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Doesn't matter, they are not #! anyway! It's all in the fine print. So if they are #3 next year, but beat AA, Delta, and US Air, they will still proclaim #1.
Mar 27, 2010, 11:02 am
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Most people refused to believe that they were only 5 min late due to their inaccurate perspective after sitting in the holding pen. I wonder if many of them missed their connections because they refused to believe the reality, and instead stuck with their inaccurate perceptions, and didn't go to their connecting flights right away.
Mar 27, 2010, 11:05 am
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I misconnected last week due to a flight that left well before it's scheduled departure time, and was stuck in Denver for four or five hours. But man, was that plane on time! Small consolation if you're not on it... I wondered at the time if the whole "#1 on time" obsession was driving the decision to leave me and at least one other guy behind.
Mar 27, 2010, 11:09 am
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Yes Sir!!!
Mar 27, 2010, 12:38 pm
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I misconnected last week due to a flight that left well before it's scheduled departure time, and was stuck in Denver for four or five hours. But man, was that plane on time! Small consolation if you're not on it... I wondered at the time if the whole "#1 on time" obsession was driving the decision to leave me and at least one other guy behind.
I cringe when I see the ads, because I suspect (though I could be wrong) that they are not actually improving anything much, just maneuvering specifically to pad the stat.