tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post1265300190417705786..comments2024-03-29T05:51:00.183-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : DeJoy's Cabal of LiarsComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3680196552953657302021-06-02T13:41:50.880-04:002021-06-02T13:41:50.880-04:00Some years ago, the Maryland Transit Administratio...Some years ago, the Maryland Transit Administration ran an audit of their on-time rates for busses and trains. If one failed to show up at all, a common occurrence, it was counted as "on-time."Leo Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537108468817834665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-87542911736135694282021-06-02T11:55:45.348-04:002021-06-02T11:55:45.348-04:00It is just like what the companies did back in the...It is just like what the companies did back in the 1980's when the FAA was publicly reporting the on-time stats of the airlines. They changed the flight times by adding around 30 minutes in the estimated flight times. Then they petitioned the FAA to count as on-time any departure delays or airborne holding delays of less than 15 minutes. The result was that the airlines showed marked improvement although nothing had changed, except for the accounting.<br /><br />DaleDTWNDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10874818524204797652noreply@blogger.com