Originally Posted by
JustWatching
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....
I was living out in Hawaii when both Aloha and ATA both shut down nearly simultaneously (within weeks of eachother) stranding thousands of people in Hawaii who were obviously already vacationing on an otherwise tight budget. It was so bad the State of Hawaii tourism board contracted several flights to bring many of the displaced passengers back to the mainland. Talk about a non-rev nightmare!