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Your ticket was expensive and your plane crowded, but at least you took off on time
Is there an upside to the fact that the airline industry is struggling? Perhaps you can feel smug knowing that the CEOs of legacy carriers will probably be taking home six-figure bonuses this year, instead of the usual seven or eight digit haul ("Ha, greedy bastards finally got what they deserve," you might say to yourself). But all you smiling, glass-half-full folks out there can take comfort in this: airlines have the highest on-time percentages they've had in a long, long time. According to USAToday, 86% of all flights were on time during the month of October. That is compared to 78% during the same month of 2007.
A plane is considered on time if it reaches its destination within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival time. I assume they mean less than 15 minutes later than scheduled; although I'm sure there is the odd person out there who might be put off by arriving 15 minutes early.
So look on the bright side of air travel. You may have to spend more for your ticket and your plane is bound to be crowded and, perhaps, noisy. But at least you have a good chance of getting where you are going on time.
