Originally Posted by
Roper92
Are you saying they should add 3 hours to some of the legs in and out of Newark because they sometimes get a ridiculous ATC delay? Get real. It's New York airspace. That kind of stuff happens. Your little STL-EWR route does not make you an expert on EWR. Most of the big delays are from the closer cities anyways like New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, DC, Virginia, and NC.
Yep, nothing like a 5 hour ground stop for BTV-EWR when the weather is down. Do people expect the airlines to add that in too? Or a thunderstorm hanging out over PARKE leaving you in the ballpark with the engines shut down. Yep, build that right in too! Amazing what some of these guys think...