Originally Posted by
fishforfun
I'm looking at the same numbers and see a on time departure performance in the 40% range and an arrival performance of ~50% for the last 3 days. And completion factors at about 96%. That means 4% of our flights and who knows how many passengers didn't make it to their destination that day. I'm not so sure I'd be bragging about that considering the company doesn't care about it really.
To be fair, D0 was in the 40% range, and frankly, that number much higher is not realistic. Summertime with 40 minute turns.... D0 is just a metric for the DOT. I doubt you'll find any carrier with a good D0.
96% completion equated to 13 cancelled flights. Ever watch that show years ago that featured SWA? I remember watching it and seeing people unable to get out of wherever and being rebooked 2 or 3 days later due to full flights. Read the paper much? Always stories about people being stranded by AA or UAL. At least we run cancelled flights the next day....