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Originally Posted by Canada 02
I think the airlines have started to overestimate flight times so that they appear to be arriving on time or early. Not a bad idea if it keeps a positive public perception.
For example Chicago to St louis on United is a 1 hour 15 minute scheduled flight. I've flow that route in 55-60 minutes in normal weather conditions; 65-75 minutes in bad weather. 90% of the time, they likely do that flight in an hour, but if they say 60 minute scheduled flight time, they would be late 10% when the weather is bad. Tell passengers the flight is 75 minutes, then be early 90% of the time
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That's a brilliant strategy. 90% of passengers would never know the difference. They just accept the given flight time and they can chalk it up to weather, differnet planes, weight, fuel, etc. and only actual pilots or real frequent flyers would know. Then why they actually hit the real flight-time, they announce it as "we're lucky today! we're going to be early!".