This is not a Kool Aid post (even though, may I add, that the kool aid term on here is so over done and tired that there needs to be a new phrase asap). But, I have noticed that the weather in the Northeast has been perfect the last 2 days. There have not been any thunderstorms to throw the DC to BOS corridor to the sh*ts. There weren't really any ground holds, delays, or anything from ATC in the corridor yesterday or today. And.....what do you know....US operated an amzingly good operation compared to what we have seen this summer. Even in PHL. While I pretty much assumed that US's problems this summer were a combination of the weather, terrible congestion in the NE, and bad airports like PHL.....ALONG with the incompetence and poor US operation....it seems that when things are manageable in the Northeast, US actually can run a good operation, something that I wasn't so sure of before. Now that does mean that US is very poor in irregular ops, yes, but at least not incompetant at running a good operation in general. Here are some stats.
Monday 8/27
Departures (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Departed Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 975 970 963 9 245 98 95 55%
Not a good departure stat, but look at how many are in the 15-30 minute range....thats easy to makeup in the air and during taxi to the gate after landing.
Arrivals (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 973 968 968 8 93 21 51 83%
When was the last time that US operated with an 83% ontime rate? Not amazing.....but not bad either...especially for a Monday....arguably the busiest travel day of the week. They beat West's 81% yesterday (although there were ATC issues is LAS and PHX yesterday.....I'm pretty sure LAS had t-storms)
Arrivals (By Busiest US Airports)
Airport Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
CLT 227 226 227 0 26 4 7 84%
PHL 155 155 158 0 22 2 11 78%
DCA 77 77 77 1 2 1 0 96%
BOS 61 61 58 3 3 2 3 86%
LGA 44 44 44 0 4 1 1 86%
PIT 31 31 31 0 1 0 0 97%
MCO 21 21 21 0 3 0 4 67%
PHX 19 19 18 1 1 0 1 89%
TPA 18 18 18 0 1 1 2 78%
LAS 16 16 15 1 3 2 2 53%
PHL with 78% is amazing for that airport.....CLT 84% is a welcome improvement.....but look at DCA!! 96%!!! PIT 97%!!! LGA and BOS at 86%?!
Tuesday (8/28) as of 3:20pm
Departures (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Departed Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 964 961 535 10 126 29 29 66%
Over the half-way mark at this point....and once again....while 66% isn't impressive....look at how many of those are in the 15-30 minute column.
Arrivals (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 964 960 476 11 24 7 20 89%
89%...not too shabby
Arrivals (At Busiest US Airports)
Airport Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
CLT 226 226 124 2 5 1 5 91%
PHL 149 149 75 2 4 1 1 92%
DCA 76 76 41 1 2 0 1 93%
BOS 62 62 31 0 2 0 0 94%
LGA 44 44 25 0 2 1 1 84%
PIT 32 32 14 1 1 0 0 93%
MCO 21 21 10 0 0 0 1 90%
PHX 19 19 10 0 2 0 0 80%
TPA 19 19 8 0 0 0 0 100%
FLL 15 15 7 1 0 0 1 86%
PHL with only 1 arrival more than 45 minutes late must mean the world is ending. Top 4 airports over 90% mark is pretty damn good.
So in conclusion....I guess that I have hope that once the ATC thing is resolved and starts improving....US can improve with it. And I am now more convinced that US is possible of running a good operation, and that employees do at least have the most basic of tools to run a legit operation. The one thing this proves, however, is the lack of tools available during irregular opps. Management needs to start looking at how when weather and ATC goes arry, how they can manage to not run the whole thing through the ground.
Monday 8/27
Departures (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Departed Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 975 970 963 9 245 98 95 55%
Not a good departure stat, but look at how many are in the 15-30 minute range....thats easy to makeup in the air and during taxi to the gate after landing.
Arrivals (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 973 968 968 8 93 21 51 83%
When was the last time that US operated with an 83% ontime rate? Not amazing.....but not bad either...especially for a Monday....arguably the busiest travel day of the week. They beat West's 81% yesterday (although there were ATC issues is LAS and PHX yesterday.....I'm pretty sure LAS had t-storms)
Arrivals (By Busiest US Airports)
Airport Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
CLT 227 226 227 0 26 4 7 84%
PHL 155 155 158 0 22 2 11 78%
DCA 77 77 77 1 2 1 0 96%
BOS 61 61 58 3 3 2 3 86%
LGA 44 44 44 0 4 1 1 86%
PIT 31 31 31 0 1 0 0 97%
MCO 21 21 21 0 3 0 4 67%
PHX 19 19 18 1 1 0 1 89%
TPA 18 18 18 0 1 1 2 78%
LAS 16 16 15 1 3 2 2 53%
PHL with 78% is amazing for that airport.....CLT 84% is a welcome improvement.....but look at DCA!! 96%!!! PIT 97%!!! LGA and BOS at 86%?!
Tuesday (8/28) as of 3:20pm
Departures (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Departed Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 964 961 535 10 126 29 29 66%
Over the half-way mark at this point....and once again....while 66% isn't impressive....look at how many of those are in the 15-30 minute column.
Arrivals (All)
Airline Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
US Airways 964 960 476 11 24 7 20 89%
89%...not too shabby
Arrivals (At Busiest US Airports)
Airport Scheduled Tracked Arrived Cancelled 15-30 30-45 45+ Ontime
CLT 226 226 124 2 5 1 5 91%
PHL 149 149 75 2 4 1 1 92%
DCA 76 76 41 1 2 0 1 93%
BOS 62 62 31 0 2 0 0 94%
LGA 44 44 25 0 2 1 1 84%
PIT 32 32 14 1 1 0 0 93%
MCO 21 21 10 0 0 0 1 90%
PHX 19 19 10 0 2 0 0 80%
TPA 19 19 8 0 0 0 0 100%
FLL 15 15 7 1 0 0 1 86%
PHL with only 1 arrival more than 45 minutes late must mean the world is ending. Top 4 airports over 90% mark is pretty damn good.
So in conclusion....I guess that I have hope that once the ATC thing is resolved and starts improving....US can improve with it. And I am now more convinced that US is possible of running a good operation, and that employees do at least have the most basic of tools to run a legit operation. The one thing this proves, however, is the lack of tools available during irregular opps. Management needs to start looking at how when weather and ATC goes arry, how they can manage to not run the whole thing through the ground.
We might as well just shut the operation down. Why bother! Two good weather days and THAT is how this company performed? That is "not bad" it is absolutely SAD and there is NO EXCUSE for it to happen. EVERYTHING that is hampering this operation all goes back to Tempe and not only Doug but that little person behind him named SCOTT.
