Originally Posted by
I-WEBA
Just compared with EZY flight tracker which shows the off block time. Flightradar gives the airborne time
Airlines' own websites almost always show the off-blocks time as that's the basis on which punctuality is measured.
Originally Posted by
west lakes
So FR 24 is an APP or program run in their spare time by a few guys in Sweden. Yet it seems that folk think it is a proffessional set up that owes accuracy and precise timing to all.
Sorry to say it isn't and I doubt that will ever happen.
Well it's certainly a commercial undertaking, and they clearly have some clever programmers. It's just unfortunate that the media, in particular, don't seem to have grasped that the product has some limitations and inconsistencies (for example those "ATDs") that need to be taken into account when using the data.