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Re:Efficiency Is the Enemy by mauvehaus on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @05:57PM (#27043389)
It's a little disappointing that 538 didn't talk about the distribution on this.

I'm looking to avoid the one flight that's delayed an hour that means I miss my connection because my layover was an hour. Only 5 flights have to arrive on time to hit an average arrival delay of 10 minutes. Those are not favorable odds, as I see them. Especially if it's cutting into my vacation time.

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Re:Efficiency Is the Enemy by cutemonster on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:30AM (#27050302)
Yes, missing a friend's wedding or an on site interview or ..., because no more connecting flights until same time tomorrow, with a probability 1 in 6 is pretty bad odds
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