Originally Posted by
par8head
It it not the weather or where we operate out of...all DCI carriers have to deal with these airports...maybe not to the extent as us but they still do.
The problem is people are trying to make up for lost money from concessions 75 hour months, and unproductive schedules. People are flying slow, and calling times late just to pad their pocket book. It is not hard to get a flight in on time, but a lot of these people are calling their times after A14 or whatever it is for their paychecks. I firmly believe ACARS would instantly increase our on time performance but the company is too damn cheap to install that as well....
Do your self a favor, when you have a captain/fo that wants to call times late, don't let them do it after the critical performance times...or do the honest thing and call them in at whatever time it is when you close/open the door like other airlines
Oh yeah...the scheduling department is horrible and would account for a lot of these delays as well....BUILD MORE LINES....LESS RESERVES!!!
While this is all true, I firmly believe the biggest obstacle to our running of an on-time airline IS where we operate out of. Next time you go into JFK or LGA, tell me how many Freedom/CHQ/ASA-Skywest/Shuttle America planes you see compared to Comair. While Freedom might have a bit of a JFK presence, a majority of the time it's 5:1 in favor of Comair. Also, being wholly-owned by Delta gives them more flexibility (correct me if I'm wrong) to use our slots for more lucrative mainline/int'l flights......