Aviation Weather Delays
Weather Delays. We seem to have heard so much more about them in recent years. Is the weather
getting worse Are the newer planes less able to stand the rough weather than the planes of the
past Maybe travelers just complain more What is the reason for the 70% increase in flight
delays and 23% increase in cancellations blamed on the weather since 1978 Are the airlines just
using weather as a catch all to cover other problems and keep themselves covered under the
statemeant ?you cant control the weather?. I will attempt to answer these questions along with a
few others in this report but, the question that cannot be escaped from beginning to the end seems
to be Is the weathe rreally that bad?
Let?s start with why have the flight delays increased so much since 1978.It all seemed like a
good idea at the time, and for many, it still is one of a short list of good ideas to come from the
Federal Government Airline Deregulation . This allowed for more competion between airlines in
more ways than ever before not only could they compete for customers on strictly a customer
service stand point but also for the price of fares
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