Plane lands early? Not so fast. Airlines quietly padding flight times

The next time your pilot announces that you’ve landed early, check again.Schedule padding — a common strategy among airlines trying to avoid unhappy customers — has grown over the past 10 years, according to a GateHouse Media analysis of U.S. Department of Transportation data.That means airlines have been giving themselves more time to complete a flight and say that a plane landed early. For decades, the U.S. Department of […]