Originally Posted by
dera
You might want to check your math.
Hint: Don't look at CCF, just the CF. CCF is fluff. CF is what anyone cares about.
You delay a flight by an hour because of weather, but you dont have reserves to cover for it if the crews misconnect or time out. It becomes an uncontrolled cancellation. All well run regionals run CFs very close to CCF. CCF is their excuse, CF is how the carrier really performs.
If you work for an AAG carrier, you can look at the raw data and you see what is going on.
I don't, I work for a part 91 company with three planes. Our department head would love to have a completion factor above 98%. We still have execs having to commercial (not fun right now) due to mx needs or pilot availability. I can see that CF is worse but a touch over two flights per day doesn't seem all that egregious. I guess Mesa will be losing AA after all. When is the contract up?