Originally Posted by
holiday
Not only is there not an urgency to hit D0, but when there is a delay, it seems like some stop caring. The posted delay time should also be a goal to hit to prevent further delays. I don’t know if they track that but I hope they do. Regarding A14, it is contingent upon D0. It starts at the departure gate.
I disagree with this part of your statement. Many of our missed D0s are from 1 min to 10 mins, which usually still have us achieving A14 on that flight. Those flights still count as on time. This is why sometimes you will see, for example, 50% for D0 and 84% A14 in our metrics.