Originally Posted by
390SetBlue
It's an illusion. Have you seen our block times? They've been padding the schedule. 300-400# taxi fuel was the norm in the past. Now it's >= 900 every leg.
I had several alterations to my schedule even before it was finalized for October. They added an average of 10 minutes to quite a few of the legs I was flying. I think he's padding the schedule to get our DOT times better. Overall that will mean less over block but the schedules themselves will be worth a little bit more to begin with. It certainly has made it harder to be substantially late, and it's easier to absorb a delay down the line when you have extra padded time built-in.