BBC - Capital - Why airlines make flights longer on purpose
▻http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190405-the-secret-about-delays-airlines-dont-want-you-to-know
Ils appellent ça le #padding : même si l’avion ne part pas l’heure, il arrive à temps, parce que la ponctualité (quant à l’arrivée) compte plus que le « bilan carbone »
Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer? It’s called “padding”, a phenomenon that helps airlines arrive on time – but at a cost.
Le comble est que même comme ça, l’objectif (inavoué) n’est pas toujours atteint,
“On average, over 30% of all flights arrive more than 15 minutes late every day despite padding,” says Captain Michael Baiada, president of aviation consultancy ATH Group citing the US Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report. The figure used to be 40% but padding – not operational improvements – boosted on-time arrival rates. “By padding, airlines are gaming the system to fool you.”