http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/03/are-we-measuring-the-right-things.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:36:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/03/are-we-measuring-the-right-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-4425 Tony Molinaro - FAA spokesman Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:06:12 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2676#comment-4425 The FAA measures its portion of the on-time system that it controls on the ground - - from the moment we tell an aircraft to back off from its gate until it departs off the runway. If an aircraft initially sits at a gate past its scheduled departure time, we do not keep track of this data. However, the DOT, in its monthly Consumer Report, DOES keep track of all portions of the on-time data and makes this information public. The FAA measures its portion of the on-time system that it controls on the ground – - from the moment we tell an aircraft to back off from its gate until it departs off the runway. If an aircraft initially sits at a gate past its scheduled departure time, we do not keep track of this data.
However, the DOT, in its monthly Consumer Report, DOES keep track of all portions of the on-time data and makes this information public.

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