PIT in Top 10 Most Delay Prone Airports

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1215473851...=googlenews_wsj

I can't seem to post the chart but at No. 10 it lists PIT.

Is this for real? I would have thought PHL would have been there before PIT.

 

[US1YFARE]

Interesting, they say US is doing better because it built "more buffer" into its schedule....that's ok, the extra costs there will be absorbed by doing away with $.03 pretzels, charging for sodas, and eliminating movies. :blink:

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

Interesting, they say US is doing better because it built "more buffer" into its schedule....that's ok, the extra costs there will be absorbed by doing away with $.03 pretzels, charging for sodas, and eliminating movies. :blink:

I guess, but what is up w/PIT?

I thought they prided themselves on not being PHL.

What happened?

I had to read the chart three times just in case the cocktail had kicked in too soon.

 

[N965VJ]

US Airways invested in new baggage-handling equipment, acquired more gates to reduce delays, built more buffer into its schedule and beefed up management at its Philadelphia hub to fix problems there.

I’ll take padded schedules for $500, Alex.

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

The chart does not break down by airline so with US being the major carrier from both PIT and PHL one would think that they would be in step with each other.

Also considering if padding did so much for US why wouldn't other carriers try to up their numbers by doing the same thing at other airports?

Could US somehow shift their delays to PIT?

Would not PIT be operating under the same padding as PHL?

 

[SpinDoc]

I guess, but what is up w/PIT?

I thought they prided themselves on not being PHL.

What happened?

I had to read the chart three times just in case the cocktail had kicked in too soon.

READ the article, and then follow along with me......

Excluding US Airways which still has the majority of the flights in and out of PIT, there are 4 other major carriers that have flights to primary hubs/focus cities:

1. American Airlines - ORD, JFK, DFW
2. United Airlines - ORD, IAD
3. Continental - EWR
4. JetBlue - JFK
5. Delta - ATL, JFK, BOS

Okay. Now, again, look at the airports that are ABOVE PIT on the delays list.

Repeat after me, EWR, ORD, JFK, DFW, IAD, BOS.

In other words, the MAJORITY of the traffic other than US Airways is being directed to overcrowded hubs.

Believe me, the penalty box in PIT can become quite crowded after 2:30p.m. and most of the flights that are waiting for ATC clearance are CO, UA, and AA.

Now, US Airways is not completely innocent in this matter, as they have flights to LGA, EWR, and BOS. Also, PHL can be problematic from time to time, but overall, you can't blame US Airways alone for PIT having a top 10 rating for delays.

Just thought I'd share the big picture with yinz.

Spin

 

[US1YFARE]

Also considering if padding did so much for US why wouldn't other carriers try to up their numbers by doing the same thing at other airports?

Exactly. Perhaps because it costs so much money for US to pad its schedules.

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

Just thought I'd share the big picture with yinz.

Spin

My point seems to be missed.

To put it in terms everyone can understand - why is PIT on this list and not PHL?

From what I've read from the above posts it's padding in PHL (which also has flights to these other hubs) and/or the congestion at these places.

So the answer is that flights to overly busy airports is the root of the 'Burghs problems?

 

[PHL]

So the answer is that flights to overly busy airports is the root of the 'Burghs problems?

Ding Ding! Winner! You get to go to the head of class!

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

Ding Ding! Winner! You get to go to the head of class!

So why isn't PHL listed in the top 10 as well?

 

[USFlyer]

Or any other non-hub airport for that matter.

 

[PHL]

Because PHL serves more than just other hub cities. It serves quite a few nonhub cities where their performance, on the whole, is better than PIT serving mainly large, congested hubs.

 

[FM2436]

Or any other non-hub airport for that matter.

Don't know were flightstats.com gets their information/statitics from but I believe the FAA only monitors flight delays at only large hub airports. Check it out.

http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp

 

[WCT]

What is the schedule these days in PIT? Frequency to other cities. Still a focus city?? LAS is in you very shoes coming SEP. :down: