Have to disagree. If the schedule says the aircraft leaves the gate at 0805, I expect it to leave at 0805. If, because of light traffic, good tailwinds, or whatever, the aircraft arrives early then that's good. If the airline really had the passenger in mind when scheduling the flight, then it would not pad the time and the pax could arrive at the airport that much later. David R ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mueller" <dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 22:08 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] NYTimes.com Article: Memo Pad: On-Time Flights Are Up Sharply > Mark Greenwood wrote: > > > I am sure the airlines do pad to improve their OTP stats. You lucked out > > and the padding wasn't necessary! > > I don't mind the padding. I'd rather be early than late, especially if > there's a connection involved. > > -- > David Mueller / MRY > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com