Originally Posted by
giggity37
We had a major storm for two days in Iah and now the sky is falling? Everyone is having problems.
Yesterday the cancelations
Southwest wins 438
Express jet 380
Envoy 351
AA 350
United 284
Skywest 266
Mesa 175
Today the cancellations so far.
Expressjet 89
AA 68
Southwest 64
United 42
Skywest 41
Shuttle 26
Mesa is 13th on the list with 14 cancellations.
Total number of cancellations doesn't mean squat--what
percentage of scheduled flights in IAH and IAD were cancelled at Mesa versus other carriers? That's the only comparative statistic that matters here.
Post that number and if it still holds up to your argument, I'll agree with you.
But for now, comparing total number of SWA cancellations to Mesa is like comparing the total number of systemwide United cancellations--for all carriers and mainline--to just one of the Express feeders...a.k.a. completely irrelevant to the discussion.
Our IAH base is tiny in comparison to XJet, SWA's Hobby base, etc..--of course Mesa had fewer total cancellations. Show me the
percentage of scheduled flights cancelled that's the only number you'll convince anyone with.