Domestic airlines: bullshitting you since, well, always

[serinde]

I've flown New York to Cleveland an awful, awful lot over the past fifteen years. And so I know how long it takes--namely about 45 minutes air time.

Wherefore, then, does Continental list the flight time of all their EWR <> CLE flights as 2 hours? I can only presume they're padding estimates so they can be delay-ful and still claim on-time-ness. Feh.

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[wednesday]

When I was flying overseas a couplefew times a year, I noticed an extra 30-45 minutes was always tacked onto the end. Apparently this was the expected "get out of plane, clear customs and refile your baggage" time for the sake of making one's connection.

I don't know if that's also a factor in domestic flight times.