The brilliant minds at CommutAir rank us higher than Air Wisconsin and Republic because we are 0.2% (or less) better with CCF. And yet our passengers are a whopping 10% more likely to be late for their connections than their passengers. How much is that 0.2% really worth?

Fortunately for CommutAir, the operation has been shrinking towards a size that they can actually manage. Things were getting embarrassing when the dash fleet was in full force alongside a growing double-digit jet fleet. Despite all the extensions into days off there were still several cancelled flights and rest delays for lack of crew every single day. Nothing has changed since then besides the shrinking size of the active fleet and block hours. Despite PotatoChip "having to infer" that better numbers equals operational improvement, the operation itself (scheduling, maintenance, management) is still as bad as it always was. It's just easier to manage fewer airplanes.