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.
What's with this Larry said this Larry said that? Are you personal friends with him or something?
First off there are always exceptions. Airlines take everything into account though. If there was a 3hr delay every leg then it would be adjusted for that. It's called historical averaging. Several places actually have that in their contract. Should the avg block time exceed what's on paper by X% then they are readjusted. Of course not everything can be compensated for but that's what averages are. There are a lot of times where you underblock as well. Some overblock some underblock but it doesn't do your company any service to not try to account for average delays. We do fly for CAL out of LGA as well.
What's with Larry said this and Larry said that? All I did was say I spoke with him. Am I personal friends with him? No. However he takes interest in hearing things from different perspectives. I was jumpseating to MSP and he was in the terminal speaking with a gate agent. Walked up and he introduced himself.