I haven't done much air travel in the last couple years, but this summer will have at least 4 trips. I'd been reading about decreasing customer satisfaction with the air industry, and given my experience so far (two trips down, two to go), I can see why. Aside from the hassle of having to find food for cross-country flights, I'm seeing a lot of late departures.

So in honor of the summer season, I thought I'd keep track of the on-time departures using baseball-like statistics.

Here's the history, in chronological order:

airline    depart from        on-time?    why
-------    -----------        --------    ---
United     San Francisco      no          weather delays
United     Rochester          yes
United     Washinton (Dulles) no          tardy crew member
Alaska     San Francisco      no          prev flight late
Alaska     SeaTac             no          prev flight late

United    0.333
Alaska    0.000

overall   0.200